Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

1) The amount that the Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform spent on hiring taxis for work related business in the years 2013,2014,2015 and to-date in 2016 2) The amount that the Department spent on hiring on each taxi firms in each of those years mentioned above 3) If the Department has contracts with taxi firm to provide taxis upon request; if so the names of the taxi firms that have contracts and when contracts with each taxi firm due for renewal 4) If the Department put the contract out for public tender for the contract of providing taxi service to Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform 5) The robust steps that are being taken within the Department to ensure that any costs incurred for taxi service are best value for the taxpayers