Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 December 2016
571. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40678/16]
View answer572. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet per annum from March 2011 to February 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40695/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 572 together.
Details of usage by the Department of Defence of the Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) from March 2011 to the end of November 2016 are set out in the tabular statement below. Some of these flights were shared with other Government Departments.
Gulfstream IV
|
Date |
Return Date |
Min. Time On Board |
Route |
Minister |
|
30/11/2011 |
30/11/2011 |
180 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
09/03/2013 |
12/03/2013 |
390 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Larnaca - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
25/11/2013 |
29/11/2013 |
810 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Amman - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
15/06/2014 |
16/06/2014 |
650 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Baldonnel |
Taoiseach & Defence / MOS Defence |
|
Date |
Return Date |
Min. Time On Board |
Route |
Minister |
|
30/11/2011 |
30/11/2011 |
180 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
09/03/2013 |
12/03/2013 |
390 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Larnaca - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
25/11/2013 |
29/11/2013 |
810 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Amman - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
15/06/2014 |
16/06/2014 |
650 |
Baldonnel - Beirut - Baldonnel |
Taoiseach & Defence / MOS Defence |
Lear Jet 45
|
Date |
Return Date |
Min. Time On Board |
Route |
Minister |
|
22/09/2011 |
23/09/2011 |
360 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Wroclaw - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence / Justice & Equality |
|
18/11/2012 |
19/11/2012 |
180 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
16/02/2013 |
16/02/2013 |
120 |
Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel |
Taoiseach / Defence / MOS Justice |
|
22/04/2013 |
23/04/2013 |
200 |
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
20/06/2013 |
20/06/2013 |
180 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
19/11/2013 |
19/11/2013 |
90 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Defence / MOS European Affairs |
|
20/02/2014 |
21/02/2014 |
560 |
Baldonnel - Rimini - Athens - Rimini - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
15/04/2014 |
15/04/2014 |
200 |
Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
04/09/2014 |
04/09/2014 |
90 |
Baldonnel - Cork - Cardiff - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
04/12/2014 |
07/12/2014 |
855 |
Baldonnel - Naples - Beirut - Larnaca - Tel Aviv - Naples - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
18/02/2015 |
19/02/2015 |
395 |
Baldonnel - Riga - Baldonnel |
Defence |
|
18/05/2015 |
18/05/2015 |
190 |
Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel |
Foreign Affairs & Trade / Defence / Children & Youth Affairs |
|
06/07/2015 |
07/07/2015 |
525 |
Dublin - Marseille - Valetta - Marseille - Baldonnel |
Defence / Justice, Equality & Reform / MOS Foreign Affairs & Trade |
The Deputy may wish to note that information relating to the MATS is published on the Department of Defence website and is updated on a monthly basis.
