The Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) is primarily provided by the Gulfstream IV and Learjet 45 aircraft, which were specifically acquired for that purpose. The CASA maritime patrol aircraft have been used infrequently for Ministerial Air Transport missions where no MATS aircraft has been available for operational or technical reasons.
Details of usage of the Ministerial Air Transport Service from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012 are set out in the tabular statement below, and include details of the requesting Minister(s), dates of travel, mission route and Ministerial time on board. The purpose of each trip is a matter for the requesting Department and is not included in the statement. The details provided relate to requests from Government Ministers that have been approved by the Taoiseach.
The Department follows the normal practice in the aviation business of costing aircraft by reference to the cost per flying hour under each of two headings:
The direct cost, which includes costs which are additional to those associated with having the aircraft and which only arise when the aircraft is flown including maintenance, fuel and support services such as catering costs, cleaning services and airport handling charges.
The total cost, which is the direct cost plus the costs associated with having the aircraft including depreciation and personnel costs.
These are average costs which take a number of variables into account. It is not possible to assign an exact cost to any particular mission.
GULFSTREAM IV (From 9 March 2011 to date)
Date
|
Return Date
|
Ministerial Time On Board (Minutes)
|
Route
|
Minister
|
10/03/2011
|
12/03/2011
|
185
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Knock - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
15/03/2011
|
18/03/2011
|
825
|
Baldonnel - Washington - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
24/03/2011
|
25/03/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
12/04/2011
|
12/04/2011
|
200
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade / Justice and Equality / MOS Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
17/04/2011
|
18/04/2011
|
120
|
Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
04/05/2011
|
06/05/2011
|
810
|
Baldonnel - Teteboro - White Plains - Teteboro - Knock - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
09/06/2011
|
10/06/2011
|
200
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Justice and Equality
|
19/06/2011
|
19/06/2011
|
100
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
21/06/2011
|
22/06/2011
|
300
|
Baldonnel - Vienna - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
20/06/2011
|
20/06/2011
|
120
|
Baldonnel - Northolt - Stansted - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
|
23/06/2011
|
24/06/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
21/07/2011
|
21/07/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
25/09/2011
|
26/09/2011
|
420
|
Baldonnel - Algiers - Oran - Baldonnel
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine
|
29/09/2011
|
30/09/2011
|
330
|
Baldonnel - Warsaw - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
12/10/2011
|
13/10/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
|
22/10/2011
|
23/10/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Dublin
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
06/11/2011
|
07/11/2011
|
455
|
Baldonnel - Moscow - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
16/11/2011
|
16/11/2011
|
275
|
Baldonnel - Berlin - Frankfurt - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
30/11/2011
|
30/11/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Defence
|
07/12/2011
|
07/12/2011
|
345
|
Baldonnel - Vilnius - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
09/12/2011
|
09/12/2011
|
90
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
12/01/2012
|
12/01/2012
|
120
|
Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
25/01/2012
|
27/01/2012
|
240
|
Baldonnel - Zurich - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
30/01/2012
|
30/01/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
08/02/2012
|
09/02/2012
|
790
|
Baldonnel - Teteboro - Whiteplains - Teteboro - Dublin
|
An Taoiseach /Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
|
15/02/2012
|
17/02/2012
|
835
|
Baldonnel - Teteboro - White Plains - Teteboro - Boston - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
23/02/2012
|
24/02/2012
|
385
|
Baldonnel - Berlin - Rome - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
29/02/2012
|
02/03/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / Finance / MOS Taoiseach
|
15/03/2012
|
21/03/2012
|
1050
|
Baldonnel - Chicago - Southbend - Whiteplains - Washington - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
12/03/2012
|
12/03/2012
|
120
|
Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
26/04/2012
|
27/04/2012
|
200
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine / Justice and Equality
|
23/05/2012
|
24/05/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach /Tánaiste Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
LEARJET 2011(From 9 March 2011 to date)
Date
|
Return Date
|
Ministerial Time On Board (Minutes)
|
Route
|
Minister
|
13/03/2011
|
14/03/2011
|
230
|
Baldonnel - Shannon - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance / Environment, Community and Local Government
|
21/03/2011
|
21/03/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance / MOS Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
07/04/2011
|
09/04/2011
|
330
|
Baldonnel - Budapest - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
16/05/2011
|
17/05/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance / MOS Taoiseach
|
20/05/2011
|
20/05/2011
|
80
|
Baldonnel - Cork - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach
|
07/06/2011
|
07/06/2011
|
100
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine
|
11/07/2011
|
12/07/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
15/09/2011
|
17/09/2011
|
290
|
Baldonnel - Wroclaw - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
22/09/2011
|
23/09/2011
|
360
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Wroclaw - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Defence / Justice and Equality
|
03/10/2011
|
04/10/2011
|
200
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
21/10/2011
|
22/10/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
26/10/2011
|
26/10/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach
|
07/11/2011
|
08/11/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
24/11/2011
|
25/11/2011
|
280
|
Baldonnel - Poznan - Baldonnel
|
Public Expenditure and Reform
|
29/11/2011
|
30/11/2011
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
11/01/2012
|
12/01/2012
|
300
|
Baldonnel - Vienna - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
|
18/01/2012
|
18/01/2012
|
250
|
Baldonnel - Berlin - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
23/01/2012
|
24/01/2012
|
250
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Frankfurt - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
26/01/2012
|
29/01/2012
|
725
|
Baldonnel - Naples - Tel Aviv - Naples - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
|
09/02/2012
|
09/02/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
20/02/2012
|
21/02/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
MOS Finance
|
24/02/2012
|
24/02/2012
|
385
|
Baldonnel - Tunis - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
|
08/03/2012
|
09/03/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Environment, Community and Local Government
|
12/03/2012
|
13/03/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
29/03/2012
|
30/03/2012
|
240
|
Baldonnel - Copenhagen - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
23/04/2012
|
23/04/2012
|
200
|
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel
|
Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
|
01/05/2012
|
02/05/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
06/05/2012
|
07/05/2012
|
330
|
Baldonnel - Warsaw - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|
14/05/2012
|
15/05/2012
|
180
|
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel
|
Finance
|