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.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cars of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.
15.
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.