Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

We continue to consider all options. The Government jets are not used only for ministerial transport. They are also used in air ambulance missions, for example, the latest figures available to me for 2008 show that the Air Corps completed six search and rescue missions and 87 air ambulance missions, which is significant. The initial figures I have received for 2009 show that those figures have not diminished. The jets are put to several uses. We will continue to review the situation.

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