Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
935 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he has taken to reduce the carbon emissions form the ministerial fleet of cars; if he will provide details for each Minister’s car to include the car make, model, engine size, transmission type, CO2 emissions and when each car is due for replacement, in tabular form. [32260/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe requirements of the Office Holder fleet are subject to regular review and assessment to ensure that the most suitable vehicles are purchased having regard to a number of criteria, including overall cost, emissions and fuel efficiency, bearing in mind the function of the vehicles and their suitability for the specific transport requirements involved. The most recent contract for the provision of Office Holder cars, in 2007/2008, specified diesel-powered vehicles. In addition, there are a number of hybrid (petrol/electric) vehicles in the fleet. There are no set rules as to when Office Holder cars are replaced and in general cars are replaced when, due to age, condition and/or mileage, they are considered no longer economic to maintain. It is therefore not possible to indicate when vehicles will be replaced. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
|
Office Holder |
Make/Model |
Engine Size |
Transmission |
Emmissions-CO2g/Km |
|
Taoiseach |
Merc S320 |
3199cc |
Automatic |
228 |
|
Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills |
Audi A6 |
2967cc |
Automatic |
223 |
|
Minister for Finance |
Merc E320 |
3222cc |
Automatic |
194 |
|
Minister for Health and Children |
Audi A6 |
2398cc |
Automatic |
240 |
|
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation |
BMW 525D |
2500cc |
Automatic |
165 |
|
Minister for Justice and Law Reform |
Audi A6 |
2967cc |
Automatic |
223 |
|
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
Toyota Prius |
1498cc |
Automatic |
104 |
|
Minister for Foreign Affairs |
BMW 525 |
2500cc |
Automatic |
165 |
|
Minister for Transport and the Marine |
Audi A6 |
2967cc |
Automatic |
223 |
|
Minister for Defence |
Lexus GS450h |
4500cc |
Automatic |
186 |
|
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sports |
Volvo S80 |
2398cc |
Automatic |
224 |
|
Minister for Social Protection |
Audi A6 |
2967cc |
Automatic |
223 |
|
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
Audi A6 |
2967cc |
Automatic |
223 |
|
Minister For Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs |
Lexus GS450h |
4500cc |
Automatic |
186 |
|
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
Toyota Prius |
1498cc |
Automatic |
104 |
|
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs |
Citroen C6 |
2698cc |
Automatic |
311 |
936 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total cost to the Exchequer for the provision of the Ministerial fleet of cars for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, in tabular form. [32261/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Garda Authorities and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.
