Written Answers. - Official Travel. – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil) – Tuesday, 29 Feb 2000

Written Answers. - Official Travel.

Phil Hogan

Ceist:

119 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Defence the name, position and title of each person who has travelled on the Government jet since 1 October 1999; the date, destination and purpose of each trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5959/00]

Minister for Defence (Mr. M. Smith)

The ministerial air transport service is provided by the Air Corps using a Gulfstream IV jet aircraft.

The following particulars relate to journeys undertaken on the Government jet since 1 October 1999:

Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
6/10/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin	Public Enterprise	5 (Dublin – Luxembourg)4 (Luxembourg – Dublin
7/10/99,returned08/10/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin	Finance	5
08/10/99	Shannon – Dublin	Taoiseach	6
10/10/99	Dublin – Munich (aircraft returned to Dublin)	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	2
11/10/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Munich – Dublin	Foreign Affairs / Enterprise, Trade & Employment	4 (Dublin – Luxembourg – Munich) 7 (Munich – Dublin)*

*This includes 3 passengers from Enterprise, Trade & Employment (see entry of 10/10/99)

Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
12/10/99, returned14/10/99	Dublin – Northolt – Geneva – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	3
14/10/99,returned16/10/99	Dublin – Tampere – Dublin	Taoiseach	12
17/10/99,returned19/10/99	Dublin – Helsinki – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	5
20/10/99	Dublin – Brussels	Finance	4
21/10/99	Prague – Dublin	Taoiseach	13
22/10/99	Dublin – Cork – Dublin	Taoiseach	5
23/10/99	Dublin – Cork – Dublin	Taoiseach	5 (Dublin – Cork)8 (Cork – Dublin)
25/10/99,returned26/10/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin	Marine & Natural Resources	7
28/10/99, returned 29/10/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Farranfore – Dublin	Justice, Equality & Law Reform	65 (Farranfore – Dublin)
02/11/99-05/11/99	Dublin – Hungary – Slovenia – Kosovo – Northolt – Dublin	Taoiseach	9 (Dublin – Hungary)13 (Hungary – Slovenia)14 (Slovenia – Kosovo)9 (Kosovo – Northolt)7 (Northolt – Dublin)
Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
06/11/99	Dublin – Cardiff – Dublin	Taoiseach	5
07/11/99, returned 08/11/99	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Finance	5 (Dublin – Brussels)7 (Brussels – Dublin)
08/11/99returned09/11/99	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	4 (Dublin – Brussels)5 (Brussels – Dublin)
10/11/99,returned12/11/99	Dublin – Cork – New York – Dublin	Taoiseach	6
15/11/99	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Defence/Foreign Affairs/Agriculture	9 (Dublin – Brussels)10 (Brussels – Dublin)
16/11/99	Iceland – Dublin	Marine &Natural Resources	5
17/11/99,returned19/11/99	Dublin – Istanbul – Dublin	Taoiseach	10
22/11/99,returned23/11/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin	Defence	4
22/11/99	Brussels – Dublin	Marine & Natural Resources	3
25/11/99	Dublin – Brussels (aircraft returned to Dublin)	Education	4
26/11/99	Dublin – Kerry – Cork – Brussels – Cork – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment / Education	2 (Dublin – Kerry – Cork)4 (Brussels – Cork)5 (Cork – Dublin)*

*Aircraft positioned to Brussels to bring Education party to Cork

**This includes 3 from Education (see entry of 25/11/99)

Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
28/11/99	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Finance	6
01/12/99,returned5 December	Dublin – San Francisco – Seattle – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	5 (Dublin – San Francisco – Seattle)8 (Seattle – Dublin)
09/12/99,returned11/12/99*	Dublin – Helsinki – Dublin	Taoiseach / Foreign Affairs / Finance	12 (Dublin – Helsinki)11 (Helsinki – Dublin)

*Aircraft returned to Dublin on 10/12/99 with 4 Department of Finance passengers and returned to Helsinki on 11/12/99

Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
15/12/99	Dublin – Brussels	Marine and Natural Resources	9
16/12/99	Dublin – Paris – London	Foreign Affairs	5
17/12/99	Dublin – Northolt – Dublin	Taoiseach	12
08/01/00,returned15/01/00	Dublin – Johannesburg – Maseru – Johannesburg – Maseru – Waterkloof – Capetown – Dublin	Taoiseach	3 (Dublin –Johannesburg)9 (Johannesburg –Maseru)8 (Maseru – Waterkloof)10 (Waterkloof –Capetown)3 (Capetown – Dublin)
17 – 20January 2000	Dublin – Sarajevo – Pristina – Skopje – Dublin	Foreign Affairs	9 (Dublin – Sarajevo)13 (Sarajevo – Pristina)14 (Pristina – Skopje)8 (Skopje – Dublin)
21/01/00	Lisbon – Dublin	Department of Social, Community & Family Affairs	3
22/01/00	Cork – Dublin	Taoiseach	3
23/01/00,returned 24/01/00	Dublin – Pristina – Dublin	Defence	11
25/01/00	Dublin – Cork	Taoiseach	12
27/01/00,returned28/01/00	Dublin – Verona, Bologna – Milan – Dublin – Kerry	Agriculture & Food	10 (Dublin – Verona)11 (Bologna – Milan)10 (Milan – Dublin)1 (Dublin – Kerry)
Date	Route	Requesting Department	No. of Passengers
30/01/00,returned31/01/00	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Finance	5
30/01/00	Dublin – Derry – Dublin	Taoiseach	3
31/01/00	Dublin – Belfast	Taoiseach	3
07/02/00	Dublin – Belfast – Dublin	Taoiseach	3
07/02/00	Belfast – Northolt	Taoiseach	4
08/02/00,returned15/02/00	Dublin – Thailand – Malaysia – Singapore – Thailand – Dublin	Enterprise, Trade & Employment	5 (Dublin – Thailand)9 (Thailand – Malaysia)9 (Malaysia – Singapore)5 (Singapore – Thailand – Dublin)
16/02/00	Dublin – Northolt – Dublin	Taoiseach	9
22/02/00	Dublin – Faro – Dublin	Foreign Affairs	3
27/02/00, returned 28/02/00	Dublin – Brussels – Lisbon – Brussels – Dublin	Defence / Finance	10 (Dublin – Brussels &Brussels – Dublin) 4(Brussels – Lisbon –Brussels)

The following are the relevant particulars in relation to journeys appropriate to theDepartment of Defence:–

Date	Route	Purpose	Passengers
15/11/99	Dublin – Brussels – Dublin	Attendance at meeting of EU General Affairs Council.	Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D.,Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, and Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary.

22/11/99,returned23/11/99	Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin	Attendance at Western European Union Ministerial Council.	Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D.,Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, Mr. Declan Kelleher, Deputy Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary.

23/01/00, returned 24/01/00	Dublin – Pristina – Dublin	Visit to Irish Troops serving with KFOR.	Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D., Mr. David O'Callaghan, Secretary General, Department of Defence, Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary, Mr. John Hanney, Press Officer, Major General Colm Mangan, Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Comdt. Tom Behan, Personal Staff Officer to Deputy Chief of Staff, (Support), Comdt. Eoin O Neachtain, Defence Forces Press Officer, Mr. Tom Brady, Journalist, Mr. Jim Cusack, Journalist, Mr. Conor Keane, Journalist, and Mr. Tom McCaughran, Journalist.

Date	Route	Purpose	Passengers
27/02/00, returned 28/02/00	Dublin – Lisbon – Dublin	Meeting of EU Defence Ministers.	Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D., Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, Mr. Declan Kelleher, Deputy Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Michael O'Sullivan, Private Secretary.

The purpose of particular journeys undertaken by other Ministers/officials together with the status of the passengers is a matter for the requesting Departments concerned.

Dáil Éireann díospóireacht - Tuesday, 29 Feb 2000