Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of credit cards issued for departmental use to Ministers, Ministers of State or others; the person or persons authorised to use such cards; the circumstances in which use is permissible; the number of occasions on which they have been used in the life of the Government; the purpose of such use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2269/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Nine corporate credit cards are in use. Cards are issued to me as Tánaiste and to eight nominated officers, two within my Department and two in the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, CAHR, and one each to officers in the Adoption Board, the National Children's Office, the Office of the Ombudsman and the post mortem inquiry. Cards are not issued to the Ministers of State at my Department. Nominated officers are permitted to use the cards for official business purposes. Approximately 176 transactions have taken place since June 2002. These transactions relate to the payments in respect of accommodation, transport, official entertainment, software, books, publications, conference and seminar fees, annual membership for professional bodies and courier services.