Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Does the Taoiseach consider it appropriate that officeholders are using Air Corps helicopters to go to provincial football finals? At the Connacht final last year I saw a Government helicopter arriving. The State car went around the back and brought the person in to attend a football match. I heard the hissing and booing and people giving out that this was their money. The Taoiseach should send out a directive to Ministers, the President and everybody in this country that they should not be using helicopters for Connacht, Munster or Leinster football finals. We cannot afford it any longer.

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