Ministerial Travel

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Questions (513, 514)

Niall Collins

Question:

513. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54198/17]

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Niall Collins

Question:

514. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the use his Department has made of the Government jet in each of the years March 2011 to February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54214/17]

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Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 514 together.

I had occasion to use the Government Jet twice this year in January to Paris for a Ministerial level Health Committee Meeting and in June to Luxembourg for a meeting of the European Employment, Social Policy, Health and Community Affairs Council (EPSCO). The Department of the Taoiseach has the lead responsibility for the code of practice for the use of the Government jet, ensuring transparent and cost effective travel with the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces having a contributory role in its implementation. Details on the use of the Government Jet are published on the Department of Defence website at the Ministerial Air Transport Service page. Data are available from 2008.