Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Dec 1996

Vol. 472 No. 6

Written Answers. - Ministerial Travel.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

40 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Finance his usage of air transport for foreign and internal flights in 1996; the passengers who travelled with him on each flight; and the related costs in this regard. [23735/96]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Quinn)

The following is the information requested by the Deputy in relation to flights taken by me to date in 1996.

Duration	Destination	Purpose of Visit	Passenger List
10/11 January	Paris	Funeral of Mr. Mitterand	—
2 February	Davos	World Economic Forum	1 Department Official
12/14 February	Stockholm	Meeting with Swedish Finance Minister	Private Secretary, Programme Manager plus 1 Department Official
21/23 February	Florida & New York	Council Meeting of AFL/CIO; IFI Dinner	Programme Manager and Press Officer
10/11 March	Brussels	ECOFIN	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser Plus 2
			Departmental Officials
12/15 April	Verona and Sofia	ECOFIN and EBRD	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser, Personal Secretary plus 1 Departmental Official
6/7 May	Brussels	Policy Committee of European Parliament	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
		Special Adviser plus 1 Departmental Official
18/22 May	Paris	OECD	Minister's Wife, Press Officer plus 2 Departmental Officials
2/3 June	Luxembourg	ECOFIN	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser plus 3 Departmental Officials
20/21 June	Florence	European Council	Private Secretary, Programme Manager plus 2 Departmental Officials
26 June	Athens	Funeral of Mr. Papandreou	—
7/9 July	Brussels	ECOFIN	Minister of State Coveney,
			Private Secretary,
			Private Secretary to MoS, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser, Special Adviser to MoS plus 7 Departmental Officials
16/17 July	Strasbourg	European Parliament	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser, Programme Manager plus 1 Departmental Official
26/29 August	Chicago	IDA Promotional Visit	Programme Manager, Press Officer plus 1 Departmental Official
3 September	Frankfurt	EMI Council Meeting	Private Secretary, Special Adviser plus 2 Departmental Officials
27/27 September	Versailles & Berlin	European Chairmen's Symposium and Conference on Common Currency	Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 1 Departmental Official
28 September/ 5 October	Washington	IMF/World Bank Meeting	Private Secretary, Press Officer,
		Programme Manager plus 2 Departmental Officials
13/14 October	Luxembourg	ECOFIN	Minister of State Coveney,
			Private Secretary, Special Adviser, plus 4 Departmental Officials
20/22 October	Budapest	Meeting with Hungarian Finance Minister	Programme Manager plus 3 Departmental Officials
28/29 October	Dresden and Berlin	Conference on European Monetary Union	Special Adviser, Personal Secretary plus 1 Departmental Official
7 November	London	EBRD	Programme Manager plus
			2 Departmental Officials
10/11 November	Brussels	ECOFIN	Minister of State Coveney,
			Private Secretary, Press Officer,
			Special Adviser, Special Adviser to MoS plus 1 Departmental Official
21/22 November	Frankfurt	European Banking Congress	Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 2 Departmental Officials
27 November	Brussels	European Parliament Committee on European Monetary Union	Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 1 Departmental Official
1/3 December	Brussels & Madrid	ECOFIN and Spanish/Irish Business Community Event	Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 2 Departmental Officials
			Private Secretary, Press Officer, Programme Manager plus 1 Departmental Official

The majority of my official travel was on either the Government Jet or the Air Taxi Service. There is no cost to my Department for such travel. The cost to my Department of my travel, and that of the parties travelling with me, on commercial aircraft is estimated at £60,000.