Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2011
468 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide mileage payments made annually since 2007 to staff for travel purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/11]
View answerThe total annual mileage (kilometre) expenses paid to the staff in respect of official travel undertaken since 2007 is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Amount Paid |
|
€ |
|
|
2007 |
10,626,814.23 |
|
2008 |
10,904,801.63 |
|
2009 |
7,118,766.90 |
|
2010 |
5,951,970.50 |
469 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Ministers of State in his Department have drivers; the salary provided to each driver annually since 2007; the expenses provided to the Ministers of State for use of their car or mileage annually since 2007; the familial relationship between the Minister and the driver if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3956/11]
View answerThe Ministers of State within my Department have civilian drivers, the salary provided to each driver annually since 2007 is detailed in Table 1.
The expenses provided to the Ministers of State for their mileage annually is detailed in following tables.
Minister Connick's brother is employed as his driver; no other familial relationships exist between any of the Ministers of State of my Department and their drivers since 2007.
|
Civilian Driver |
Salary Costs 2007 |
Salary Costs 2008 |
Salary Costs 2009 |
Salary Costs 2010 |
Salary Costs 2011 |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
Driver for Minister Browne |
17,914.61 |
15,437.64 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Browne |
17,914.61 |
16,786.38 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Sargent |
19,439.26 |
36,412.42 |
36,041.22 |
10,394.14 |
|
|
Driver for Minister Sargent |
16,389.97 |
33,993.64 |
34,706.36 |
7,533.72 |
|
|
Driver for Minister Killeen |
23,490.26 |
35,373.79 |
14,936.58 |
||
|
Driver for Minister Killeen |
22,155.40 |
34,706.36 |
10,407.29 |
||
|
Driver for Minister Wallace |
32,838.60 |
18,496.06 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Wallace |
35,264.54 |
18,498.65 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Connick |
22,743.00 |
2,167.54 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Connick |
25,143.65 |
2,167.54 |
|||
|
Driver for Minister Smith |
20,768.47 |
||||
|
Driver for Minister Smith |
16,321.58 |
|
Minister |
Mileage Costs 2007 |
Mileage Costs 2008 |
Mileage Costs 2009 |
Mileage Costs 2010 |
Mileage Costs 2011 |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
Minister Smith |
10,981.32 |
||||
|
Minister Wallace |
44,765.52 |
15,065.96 |
|||
|
Minister Killeen |
17,812.87 |
25,652.80 |
7,180.10 |
||
|
Minister Browne |
19,662.73 |
17,525.55 |
|||
|
Minister Sargent |
7,710.88 |
14,969.83 |
11,403.16 |
2,829.58 |
|
|
Minister Connick |
11,702.83 |
