Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2012
796 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/12]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows. From 1st January to 8th March 2011, my two predecessors as Minister for Transport did not incur any costs in relation to flights. During this period the two Ministers were provided with a Ministerial car and a Garda driver the cost and provision of which was not the responsibility of the Department of Transport. For the Deputy's information I am advised that the average cost of the provision of a State Car and Garda drivers during the last government was around €280,000 per annum.
Following the putting in place of new arrangements by the Government, my transport costs were as follows:
Costs of car transport (including mileage payments, drivers salaries, etc) — €70,126.
Costs for Ministerial flights, including taxes — € 7,975.
