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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Jul 1961

Vol. 191 No. 7

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cars of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.

15.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state with regard to motor cars purchased for the use of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries since March, 1957 (a) the number and type of cars purchased, (b) the purchase price of each car, (c) the average number of miles per gallon given by each car, (d) the mileage of each car since date of purchase, (e) the expenditure on maintenance and service of each car since date of purchase, (f) the number of miles driven by each car since date of purchase and (g) to what Minister or Parliamentary Secretary each car was allocated.

I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the particulars requested by the Deputy other than these at heads (b) and (e). As I have stated in reply to previous questions relating to purchase price of cars, it would be contrary to practice to disclose the prices paid for these cars. Records of service and maintenance expenditure are not available in a form that would readily allow of the extraction of such information with regard to particular cars.

Following is the information:

(a)

(c)

(d) and (f)

(g)

Make of car and year of purchase

Average miles per gallon

Mileage since purchase

Allocation on purchase

Rover 1957

19.2

99,440

Mr. Lemass

do.

18.4

147,136

Mr. Boland

do.

17.9

106,357

Mr. Hogan, Ceann Comhairle

do.

17.1

107,763

Mr. Childers

do.

18.2

126,522

Mr. Smith

do.

20.0

111,353

Mr. Traynor

Mercedes 1957

17.5

126,037

Mr. Aiken

do.

20.6

143,997

Dr. Ryan

Chevrolet 1958

15.2

46,492

Mr. Lemass

do.

15.0

54,729

Mr. Moran

do.

17.0

26,193

Mr. Blaney

do.

14.8

50,622

Mr. Smith

do.

16.0

43,338

Mr. Ormond

Austin Princess 1958

13.5

17,188

Mr. De Valera

Chevrolet 1958

18.1

51,024

Mr. Hogan, Ceann Comhairle

do.

17.5

28,746

Relief duties

do.

16.2

26,198

Relief duties

Ford Fairlane

12.9

56,883

Mr. Lynch

Zodiac 1959

21.7

95,059

Mr. Kennedy

do.

22.8

71,214

Mr. Bartley

Humber 1959

15.2

48,030

Mr. Lemass

do.

16.2

39,853

Mr. Traynor

do.

16.0

37,110

Mr. McEntee

do.

17.1

68,154

Mr. Smith

do.

16.5

26,555

Attorney General

Mercedes 1960

16.9

19,434

Mr. Aiken

do.

21.4

25,998

Dr. Ryan

do.

20.9

19,632

Mr. Blaney

Humber 1960

19.4

22,447

Mr. Boland

do. 1961 (January)

21.9

17,063

Dr. Hillery

Rover 1960

19.3

20,598

Mr. Childers

Mercedes 1961 (June)

16.7

Mr. Lemass

do.,,,,

16.6

Mr. McEntee

NOTE: Mileage shown is from date of purchase to 31st May, 1961, the latest date for which completed returns are available. Cars for which no figures are shown were purchased subsequent to that date.

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