Details of Ministerial transport costs, i.e. mileage and subsistence, as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. Regarding the year 2011,* during which there was a change of Administration, it is to be noted that the arrangements with the drivers providing services for the former Ministers were discontinued and a new set of drivers was engaged. Accordingly, while there is general consistency in the payments, the number of drivers providing services over the course of the full year was 12 and not the usual 6 i.e. 2 drivers per Minister.
Year
|
Ministerial Transport Costs
|
Number of Drivers
|
2010
|
€84,838.48
|
6
|
2011
|
€87,833.98
|
*6
|
2012
|
€85,094.39
|
6
|
2013
|
€46,994.20
|
6
|