Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 621: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the amount paid by her Department to mobile telephone companies for the past five years; the name of the companies used; the criteria used in deciding which mobile telephone company to use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18894/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The amount spent by my Department on mobile telephony over the past five years is as follows:

Contracts were awarded under the national framework for the supply of mobile voice and data services established by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform.

My department has recently carried out a competition under this framework and new contracts will be announced shortly.

Questions Nos. 622 and 623 withdrawn.