Ministerial Transport

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2012

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Ceisteanna (720)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

773 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to his Department of the senior Minister’s car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related expenses paid to the senior Minister; if he will detail the salaries paid to civilian drivers, overtime, subsistence and travel expenses paid to them and all other related information, and the information should include any payment made in 2012 related to a 2011 claim. [10646/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (Deputy Leo Varadkar)

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: €53,024.

For the Deputy's information I am advised that the average cost of the provision of a State Car and Garda drivers during the last government was around €280,000 per annum. The new Government has reduced this by around two thirds to in the region of €100,000, on an annualised basis.