Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

The total cost includes the cost of depreciation of the aircraft, including wages, salaries and simply having the aircraft. One then adds to that figure the cost of fuel, maintenance, landing charges and so on and one gets the total cost. It costs a particular amount of keep the aircraft.

The average per hour, taking the total cost, depends on the type of aircraft used. I will go through the figures for the different aircraft.

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