Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs of providing hardware and software to her home and the home of Junior Minister in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12362/13]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs of providing telephone in the homes of Ministers and Junior Ministers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12380/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 557 together.

My Department does not incur any costs in relation to the provision of landline telephony services to my home. Equally there are no specific hardware or software costs associated with IT services as there are no personal computers, printers, faxes or broadband services provided in my home by the Department.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of telephones and ICT provided to the constituency offices including monthly phone bills of Ministers and Junior Ministers in her Department since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12399/13]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any additional costs other than telephones, ICT and monthly phone bills are being paid to constituency office by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12417/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 558 and 559 together.

A total of €1,926 has been paid by my Department in respect of landline telephone services to my constituency office in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 since my Department was established in June 2011. There are no other direct costs incurred by my Department associated with the running of this office.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of mobile phones in use by her and Junior Minister and politically appointed staff; the total costs of the mobile phones since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12435/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated and will issue to the Deputy in the coming days.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of drivers of each vehicle assigned to her and Junior Ministers in her Department since March 2011; the mileage and other costs claimed in respect of each since March 2011; the overall yearly costs of Ministerial cars in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12453/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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In line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines on ministerial appointments, I employ two civilian drivers on a week on/week off basis to drive my private car on official business. Each driver receives €631.75 per week in respect of these duties and are not entitled to claim overtime. A total of €118,800 has been paid in civilian driver salaries since 2011. Civilian drivers are entitled to claim subsistence payments in respect of certified official travel at the appropriate Civil Service rates and under the regulations applying to such subsistence. A total of €9,271 has been paid since 2011 in this regard.

In addition, mileage claims totalling €26,956 in respect of the use of my personal car have been paid since 2 June 2011. As my Department was only established in June 2011, figures relating to the cost of Ministerial transport in 2010 are not available.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of credit cards issued to staff and Ministers in her Department and the total costs of each card since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12472/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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There are two corporate credit cards currently in use in my Department for official business purposes only. A Bank of Ireland Visa credit card is issued to my Private Secretary and a second card is issued to a designated officer in my Department's Finance Unit. These cards are typically used to cover a range of costs such as that relating to official entertainment, accommodation, seminar and conference fees, annual membership fees, publications and software purchases.

The total cost of the cards since the establishment of the Department is currently being collated and will issue directly to the Deputy