Written answers
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Expenditure
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on purchasing mobile telephones for staff in his Department for work-related business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by grade; if his Department has a contract with a mobile telephone company (details supplied) to supply mobile telephones if needed; if so, the name of the company; the date on which the contract for the supply of mobile telephones to his Department is next due to expire; and the robust steps taken to ensure that the costs incurred on work related telephones are the best value for the taxpayer. [47924/19]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department awarded a Mobile Voice and Data contract to Vodafone in September 2016 procured through an Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, using a Supplementary Response Framework Tender. My Department is currently preparing to undertake a competitive tendering process in conjunction with the OGP again for our voice and data services, the contract for which is now due for renewal.
Met Éireann has a two-year drawn down contract in place with Three Ireland, under the OGP mobile phone services framework. The contract is due to expire on 31/10/2020 with an option to extend for a further two years.
The amounts spent on purchasing mobile phones for staff for work-related business in each of the years 2016 to date is as follows:
Expenditure on Mobile Phones | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government | €107,715 | €20,050 | €32,560 | €28,050 | €188,375 |
Met Éireann | €125 | €0 | €17,773 | €9,486 | €27,384 |
Historical information regarding the grade levels of mobile phone recipients is not available, however, the numbers of staff with mobile phones broken down by grades in 2019 are:
DHPLG | No. | Met Éireann | No. |
---|---|---|---|
Secretary General | 1 | Director | 1 |
Assistant Secretary | 6 | Senior Meteorologist | 8 |
Principal Officer | 39 | Principal Officer | 1 |
Assistant Principal Officer | 91 | Principal Meteorological Officer | 6 |
Administrative Officer | 1 | Meteorologist | 12 |
Higher Executive Officer | 19 | Hydrometeorologist | 4 |
Executive Officer | 17 | Assistant Principal Officer | 2 |
Clerical Officer | 2 | Senior Meteorological Officer | 12 |
Service Officer | 10 | Meteorological Officer | 2 |
Accountant | 1 | Executive Officer | 1 |
Architectural/Engineering | 19 | Clerical Officer | 1 |
Building Standard Advisor | 4 | ||
Housing Inspector | 3 | ||
Quantity Surveyor | 6 | ||
Senior Advisor | 8 | ||
Principal Advisor | 3 | ||
Planning Advisor | 5 | ||
Legal Advisor | 2 | ||
Fire Advisor | 4 | ||
Scientific Policy Advisor | 2 | ||
Geographical Information Officer | 3 | ||
Auditor | 8 | ||
Statistician | 2 | ||
Private Secretary | 4 | ||
Ministers | 3 | ||
Personal Assistant | 1 | ||
Ministers Advisor | 2 | ||
Total | 266 | 50 |
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