Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2016
396. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times an official Government jet or aircraft was used by each Minister and Minister of State of his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2010, including the destination, and the purpose of the travel in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3245/16]
View answerIn the timeframe available, it is not possible to provide the Deputy with information on the number of times an official Government jet or aircraft was used by each Minister of my Department before 2008. Included in the table are the departure and return dates, the destinations and the Ministers who travelled on each occasion between 2008 and 2010. The Deputy will find details of use of the Ministerial Air Transport Service on the Department of Defence website www.defence.ie. The core functions of my Department are predominantly concerned with international political and security policy, advancing reconciliation and cooperation on the island of Ireland, EU enlargement and external relations, and promoting Ireland’s economic and trade interests in Europe and internationally.
Gulfstream IV 2008
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination |
Ministerial Passengers |
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28/01/2008 |
28/01/2008 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
18/02/2008 |
22/02/2008 |
Brussels, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Dili, Darwin, Dili, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
29/04/2008 |
02/05/2008 |
Washington, Boston |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Transport |
|
08/05/2008 |
08/05/2008 |
Belfast, Cork |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
15/05/2008 |
17/05/2008 |
Shannon, Madrid, Shannon |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
21/05/2008 |
21/05/2008 |
Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
26/05/2008 |
26/05/2008 |
Cork, Brussels, Shannon |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defence |
|
06/06/2008 |
06/062008 |
London, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
19/06/2008 |
20/06/2008 |
Brussels |
An Taoiseach MOS Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
08/07/2008 |
11/07/2008 |
Cairo, Tel Aviv |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
13/07/2008 |
14/07/2008 |
Paris |
An Taoiseach MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
05/11/2008 |
05/11/2008 |
London |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
09/11/2008 |
10/11/2008 |
Shannon, Cork, Brussels, Cork, Shannon |
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Defence |
|
19/11/2008 |
22/11/2008 |
Tbilisi, Shannon |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
13/11/2008 |
13/11/2008 |
Berlin, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
05/12/2008 |
05/12/2008 |
Paris, Brussels |
An Taoiseach MOS Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
|
07/12/2008 |
08/12/2008 |
Cork, Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
|
11/12/2008 |
12/12/2008 |
Brussels, Cork |
An Taoiseach MOS Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
30/12/2008 |
30/12/2008 |
Cork, Paris, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
2009 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
22/01/2009 |
22/01/2009 |
Derry |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
23/01/2009 |
23/01/2009 |
Derry, Cork |
An Taoiseach Tánaiste (Enterprise, Trade and Employment) Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministers for Education, Transport, Finance, Health, Social and Family Affairs, Agriculture, Arts, Sports and Tourism |
|
01/02/2009 |
06/02/2009 |
Cork, Damascus, Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
15/02/2009 |
20/02/2009 |
Cork, Washington, Mexico City, Havana, St Johns Newfoundland, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/03/2009 |
18/03/2009 |
Teterboro, White Plains, Teterboro, Washington, Shannon |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
19/03/2009 |
20/03/2009 |
Shannon, Brussels, Cork |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
05/04/2009 |
05/04/2009 |
Prague |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
18/05/2009 |
18/05/2009 |
Brussels |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
29/10/2009 |
30/10/2009 |
Brussels |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
30/11/2009 |
02/12/2009 |
Athens |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
30/11/2009 |
30/11/2009 |
London |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/12/2009 |
14/12/2009 |
Derry |
An Taoiseach Tánaiste (Enterprise, Trade and Employment) Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministers for Transport and Marine, Social and Family Affairs, Finance, Education and Science Agriculture Fisheries and Food. |
|
2010 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
14/01/2010 |
14/01/2010 |
London |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
18/01/2010 |
18/01/2010 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food MOS Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
|
25/01/2010 |
26/01/2010 |
London, Belfast |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
05/02/2010 |
05/02/2010 |
Belfast City, Cork |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
22/02/2010 |
22/02/2010 |
Cork, Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS for Foreign Affairs Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food |
|
23/02/2010 |
26/02/2010 |
Cairo, El Arish, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
05/03/2010 |
06/03/2010 |
Cork, Madrid, Seville, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
12/03/2010 |
18/03/2010 |
Chicago, California, Washington |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/06/2010 |
14/06/2010 |
Cork, Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
27/06/2010 |
03/07/2010 |
Cork, Valletta, Kampala, Addis Ababa, Valletta, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
16/09/2010 |
16/09/2010 |
Brussels |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
22/11/2010 |
22/11/2010 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
Learjet 45 2008
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
18/02/2008 |
18/02/2008 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs/ Agriculture, Fisheries & Food |
|
10/03/2008 |
10/03/2008 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
13/03/2008 |
14/03/2008 |
Brussels |
An Taoiseach /Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
28/03/2008 |
29/03/2008 |
Slovenia |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
30/04/2008 |
30/04/2008 |
Prague |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
11/05/2008 |
11/05/2008 |
Cork Newcastle |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
22/05/2008 |
22/05/2008 |
Belfast Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
03/06/2008 |
04/06/2008 |
Cork Northolt Cork Paris |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
15/06/2008 |
15/06/2008 |
Cork Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs& MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
20/07/2008 |
20/07/2008 |
Geneva |
Minister for Foreign Affairs, MOS for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Agriculture |
|
21/07/2008 |
22/07/2008 |
Geneva Brussels Cork |
Tánaiste(Enterprise, Trade & Employment)/Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
13/08/2008 |
13/08/2008 |
Shannon Brussels Shannon |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
05/09/2008 |
05/09/2008 |
Cork Paris |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
01/09/2008 |
01/09/2008 |
Brussels Cork |
An Taoiseach/Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
18/09/2008 |
18/09/2008 |
Belfast City |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
01/10/2008 |
01/10/2008 |
Paris |
An Taoiseach/Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
15/10/2008 |
16/10/2008 |
Brussels |
An Taoiseach/Minister for Foreign Affairs/Minister for Finance/ MOS Taoiseach |
|
13/10/2008 |
13/10/2008 |
Cork Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
30/10/2008 |
30/10/2008 |
Belfast City Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
03/11/2008 |
04/11/2008 |
Cork Marseilles |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
26/11/2008 |
26/11/2008 |
Paris |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
2009 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
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25/01/2009 |
26/01/2009 |
Cork, Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
21/01/2009 |
21/01/2009 |
Brussels |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
23/02/2009 |
23/02/2009 |
Cork Brussels Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
01/03/2009 |
02/03/2009 |
Cork, Bari, Sharm El Sheikh, Rome |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
03/03/2009 |
03/03/2009 |
Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
10/03/2009 |
10/03/2009 |
Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Justice |
|
27/03/2009 |
28/03/2009 |
Prague |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
05/04/2009 |
05/04/2009 |
Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
22/04/2209 |
22/04/2009 |
London |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
27/04/2009 |
27/04/2009 |
Cork, Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
12/05/2009 |
12/05/2009 |
Madrid |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
13/05/2009 |
13/05/2009 |
Prague, Shannon |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
12/06/2009 |
12/06/2009 |
Bydgoszcz, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
08/06/2009 |
08/06/2009 |
Cork, Northolt |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/06/2009 |
15/06/2009 |
Cork, Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
18/06/2009 |
19/06/2009 |
Brussels, Cork |
An Taoiseach Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
26/06/2009 |
28/06/2009 |
Corfu, Thessaloniki, Corfu |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
27/07/2009 |
27/07/2009 |
Brussels |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
04/09/2009 |
07/09/2009 |
Stockholm, Sofia, Cairo, Khartoum, Cairo, Rome |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/09/2009 |
14/09/2009 |
Brussels |
MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
07/10/2009 |
07/10/2009 |
London |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
26/10/2009 |
27/10/2009 |
Luxembourg |
Minister for Foreign Affairs MOS Foreign Affairs |
|
05/11/2009 |
06/11/2009 |
London, Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
16/11/2009 |
17/11/2009 |
Brussels |
MOS Foreign Affairs x 2 |
|
2010 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
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25/01/2010 |
25/01/2010 |
Brussels Shannon |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
01/02/2010 |
01/02/2010 |
Cork Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
03/02/2010 |
04/02/2010 |
Belfast London Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
18/02/2010 |
19/02/2010 |
Bern |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
02/03/2010 |
03/03/2010 |
Geneva Northolt |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
22/03/2010 |
22/03/2010 |
Cork Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs / MOS Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
25/04/2010 |
26/04/2010 |
Luxembourg |
Defence / MOS Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
28/04/2010 |
29/04/2010 |
Berlin Munich Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
10/05/2010 |
11/05/2010 |
Brussels Strasbourg |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
21/06/2010 |
21/06/2010 |
Cork Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
07/09/2010 |
08/09/2010 |
Vienna |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
10/09/2010 |
11/09/2010 |
Cork Brussels Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
06/10/2010 |
08/10/2010 |
Sofia Bucharest Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
14/12/2010 |
14/12/2010 |
London |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Beech 2008
|
Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
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12/07/2008 |
12/07/2008 |
Brest Paris |
MOS for Foreign Affairs |
|
21/07/2008 |
22/07/2008 |
Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
06/10/2008 |
06/10/2008 |
Cork Brussels Brussels |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
07/10/2008 |
07/10/2008 |
Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
28/10/2008 |
28/10/2008 |
Cork London |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
07/11/2008 |
07/11/2008 |
Northolt Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
2009 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
29/01/2009 |
29/01/2009 |
Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
CASA 2008
|
Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
12/03/2008 |
12/03/2008 |
Cork |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
17/09/2008 |
17/09/2008 |
Cork Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Helicopter
|
Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
29/01/2009 |
Belfast |
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
|
|
2010 |
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Departure date |
Return date |
Destination(s) |
Ministerial Passengers |
|
16/04/2010 |
AW139 |
Phoenix Park Cork Curragh |
An Taoiseach/ Minister for Foreign Affairs |
