Ministerial Travel

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Questions (168)

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

166 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the mileage claimed by any Minister of State in his Department for each year from 2005 to 2010, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/12]

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Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

The following table provides the breakdown of the mileage claimed for each Minister of State in my Department for each year from 2005 to 2010 as requested by the Deputy.

Mileage claimed by any Minister of State in the Department for each year from 2005 to 2010

Minister of State	Period	Kilometres claimed	Miles equivalent
Sile DeValera	Jan 2005 — Dec 2005	49,255	30,607
Sile DeValera	Jan 2006 — 8 Dec 2006	52,768	32,790
Sean Haughey	12 Dec 2006 — 31 Dec 2006	2,057	1,278
Sean Haughey	Jan 2007 — Dec 2007	37,229	23,134
Sean Haughey	Jan 2008 — Dec 2008	37,730	23,445
Sean Haughey	Jan 2009 — Dec 2009	33,613	20,887
Sean Haughey	Jan 2010 — Dec 2010	35,630	22,140