Written answers
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Ministerial Transport
9:00 pm
Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31600/12]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The ministerial transport expenses paid to me and my colleagues, Ministers of State, Deputies Michael Ring and Alan Kelly, are published on the Departments website, www.dttas.ie .
There are additional costs incurred for ministerial car transport in the form of salaries and expenses paid to drivers. In 2011 these amounted to:
Minister Varadkar
Salaries for two drivers - €48,174
Mileage expenses paid to two drivers - €6,243
Total - €54,417
Minister of State Kelly
Salaries for two drivers - €59,091
Mileage expenses paid to two drivers - €9,888
Total - €68,979
Minister of State Ring
Salaries for two drivers - €53,759
Mileage expenses paid to two drivers - €10,952
Total - €64,711
The figures for ministerial transport in 2009 and 2010 is not readily available, and I will forward them to the Deputy as soon as possible. This information will be in respect of Ministers who were in the then Department of Transport, and not those who were in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
However, the Deputy will be well aware that in 2009 and 2010, Cabinet Ministers' transport was provided by use of State cars and Garda drivers. 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.
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