Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
757. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 28 September 2017, if the fuel costs quoted of €56,600 refer to full costs of the return journey from Cork to London, or only the fuel costs relating to the part of the journey that did not include travelling through the Irish exclusive economic zone en route to the UK; and if so, the fuel costs for the full return journey. [42374/17]
View answerAs I outlined to the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Question Number 289 of 28 September 2017, LÉ Samuel Beckett departed the Naval Base in Haulbowline on 8 September and carried out fishery protection and maritime surveillance duties while in the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ, en route to the UK. The vessel was berthed alongside the DSEI exhibition centre from 10 September until 16 September, when she departed London for Haulbowline, carrying out further fishery protection and maritime surveillance duties within the EEZ while en route to Cork.
The estimated fuel costs for the duration of €56,600, as set out in my previous reply, refer to the full fuel costs incurred on the full return journey from Cork to London.
