Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36779/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The allocation for the telecommunications budget in my Department for 2012 is €1,095,000. Expenditure from this budget covers the costs of telephony services such as rental of fixed voice and data lines, connections to the Government Virtual Private Network (VPN), broadband, mobile voice and data, telephonists, upgrading and replacement of telephony equipment and the maintenance and support contracts on telecommunications equipment.