Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on taxis by her Department since February 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37331/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Since 1 February 2011 a total of €54,137 was spent on taxis by my Department. Taxis are used mainly by staff who travel as part of their official duties in instances where public transport is not available or practical at the time of travel. Taxis are also used by the Department’s Information Services operations area for secure delivery and retrieval of backup tapes to its computer data centres, for transport of equipment mainly in the Dublin area and to provide transport to staff out of hours, as the Department’s main computer data centre operates and is staffed 24 hours a day.