Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of providing hardware and software to his home and the home of Junior Minister in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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ICT is provided on a shared services basis by the IT Unit in my Department to both the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

My Department has incurred no costs in relation to the provision of hardware or software in my home or the home of the Minister for Finance.

I am awaiting information from the Office of Public Works in relation to the provision of hardware and software to the home of Minister of State Hayes. I will forward this material to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of providing telephone in the homes of Ministers and Junior Ministers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12390/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question I can confirm that no telephones were provided in my home or that of the Minister of State Brian Hayes.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of telephones and ICT provided to the constituency offices including monthly phone bills of Ministers and Junior Ministers in his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12409/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question I can confirm that there were no costs borne by my Department for providing telephones and ICT to my Constituency Office since March 2011.

Provision of PCs, laptops and other computer-related equipment to the Minister of State and his three staff amounted to €3,905.46.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any additional costs other than telephones, ICT and monthly phone bills are being paid to constituency office by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12427/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question I can confirm that a Shredder, Fax Machine, Dictation Transcriber and Photocopier costing €5,275.60 have been loaned out to equip my Constituency Office in Wexford but remain the property of the Department and will revert back accordingly in due course. There were no additional costs in the Constituency Office of Mr. Hayes.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of mobile phones in use by him and Junior Minister and politically appointed staff; the total costs of the mobile phones since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12445/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question I can confirm that there are three mobile phones in use by myself and two other politically appointed staff which has cost €3,572.70 since March 2011.

The mobile phone costs incurred by Minister of State and his Personal Assistant since March 2011 are €4,521.90.

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of drivers of each vehicle assigned to him and Junior Ministers in his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [12463/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question the following is a list of costs regarding Ministerial cars from March 2011:

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of credit cards issued to staff and Ministers in his Department and the total costs of each card since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12482/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question there are seven credit card holders in my Department with annual fees costing €155.00 in 2011 and €248.00 in 2012 respectively. There are four credit card holders in the Office of Public Works and the total cost per card since 2011 is €230. It is the Departments policy to ensure that all credit card payments are cleared at the end of each month to avoid penalty interest payments.