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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2024

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Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Questions (169)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44856/24]

Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Micheál Martin)

My Department procures mobile phone handsets and mobile phone services under the Office of Government Procurement’s central framework for 'Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services'.

The number of mobile phone handsets issued to staff and the total expenditure on mobile phone handsets and mobile phone bills in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 is detailed in the table below.

-	2022	2023	2024 (to date)
No. of Mobile Handsets Issued	43	68	58
Total Expenditure on handsets and mobile phone bills (Incl. VAT)	€100,243	€107,105	€93,523

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