Written answers
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
Departmental Expenditure
2:30 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 892: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount spent by his Department on opinion polling and focus group research in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1173/11]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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No expenditure was incurred by my Department in the period in question on opinion polling.
Occasionally, my Department or one of its Offices (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Companies Registrations Office etc.) commissions research involving focus groups as part of their evidence-based policy-making work. In this regard, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount spent by my Department on such focus group research in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was as follows:
| Year | Amount (â¬) |
| 2010 | â¬629 in respect of 2 Workshops |
| 2009 | Nil |
| 2008 | â¬77,247 in respect of 3 pieces of research |
| 2007 | â¬50,613 in relation to 3 projects |
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 893: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of mobile telephones paid for by public bodies under his remit in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the total cost of paying mobile telephone bills in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1188/11]
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 894: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of mobile telephones paid for by his Department in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the total cost of paying mobile telephone bills in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1203/11]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 893 and 894 together.
The number and the total cost of paying for mobile telephones including BlackBerries in my Department and the Offices of my Department in the years 2006 to 2010 inclusive is set out in the following Tabular Statement.
Number and cost of Mobile Telephones
| Year | Number of Mobile Telephones | Mobile Telephone Costs |
| 2006 | 250 | â'¬196,100 |
| 2007 | 296 | â'¬188,500 |
| 2008 | 289 | â'¬205,800 |
| 2009 | 287 | â'¬162,700 |
| 2010 | 269 | â'¬144,200 |
I am not in a position to provide information on this matter in relation to the Agencies of my Department, as this is a day-to-day matter for the Agencies concerned.
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