Written answers
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Expenditure
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12370/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Records in my Department confirm that no computer hardware or software has been provided to my home or to the homes of the Junior Ministers in my Department, and therefore no costs arise for such provision.
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12388/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The costs paid by my Department for my home telephone and those of the Ministers of State in my Department are set out in the following tabular statement:
Period | Total costs | |
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Minister Richard Bruton | March 2011 to date | € 720.63 |
Minister John Perry | March 2011 to date | €3,187.52 |
Minister Seán Sherlock | March 2011 to date | € 0 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12407/13]
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12425/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 and 277 together.
The ICT needs of my constituency office located in my Department’s Kildare Street office are met from a pool of equipment and software created to meet business needs across my Department. Records of costs would therefore relate to batches of items procured by my Department rather than individual items specifically used by my office. The majority of the ICT equipment provided to the constituency offices of the Ministers of State in my Department was supplied by the Oireachtas. Therefore, my Department has no records in relation to that equipment. My Department has provided one laptop each to these offices. These laptops were supplied from a pool of shared laptops created to meet the business needs of my Department. Records of costs would therefore relate to batches of items procured by my Department rather than individual items specifically supplied to those offices. One second hand photocopier was moved from a previous Minister’s office to one constituency office.
The costs paid by my Department for telephony services to my constituency office and those of the Ministers of State in my Department are set out in the tabular statement below. The costs for telephones for constituency offices based in the main Department building cannot be identified separately.
Period | Total costs | |
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Minister Richard Bruton | March 2011 to date | €0 |
Minister John Perry | March 2011 to date | €10,146.93 |
Minister Seán Sherlock | March 2011 to date | € 7, 642.31 |
No additional costs are being paid to Constituency Offices by my Department.
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12443/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested on mobile phone details since March 2011 to date is set out in following tabular statement:
Number of mobile phones | Total costs | |
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Minister Richard Bruton | One | €811.27 |
Minister John Perry | Two | €2,979.66 |
Minister Seán Sherlock | One | €4,919.67 |
Six politically appointed staff | Eight | €13,828.95 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12461/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The salary costs in respect of the drivers assigned to me and my Junior Ministerial colleagues are as outlined in the following table. These figures represent the cumulative cost for the two year period to March 2013. The travel and subsistence costs that have been incurred are also included on the table. My Department does not incur any other costs relating to Ministerial transport.
Ministerial Transport - Costs Incurred | ||
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March 2011 to March 2013 | ||
Salary Costs - Drivers | ||
Minister Bruton | 140,653.82 | |
Minister Perry | 149,598.57 | |
Minister Sherlock | 145,109.78 | |
Travel and Subsistence | ||
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Mileage Costs | Drivers' Subsistence Costs | |
Minister Bruton | 12367.99 | 1266.99 |
Minister Perry | 55334.86 | 24482.21 |
Minister Sherlock | 40537.44 | 33025.68 |
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [12480/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has issued Credit Cards, on the Departments account, to 3 staff since March 2011. The cards were obtained for use by the Department to accommodate on-line purchases via electronic transactions. The total cost of each card during that time is as follows: Card 1: € 31.00; Card 2: €264.40; Card 3: €755.43.
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