Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Corporate charge cards are currently held by seven officers of my Department. Three cards which were no longer required were closed during the life of the Government. The cards are issued on the strict condition that they will be used solely for official business purposes and the named card holder is the only person authorised to use the card. Such official usage includes the purchase of equipment, air-fares, fees and official entertainment. Details of the number of occasions on which they have been used in the life of the Government are not immediately available. My Department will write to the Deputy with these details as soon as they are available.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Transport has at present a total of 15 credit cards issued to staff for departmental use. Neither the Minister nor Minister of State has a credit card issued for departmental use.

The named cardholder in each instance is the person authorised to use the card. The cards are used on a regular basis to defray various expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Examples of such use would include travel and entertainment expenses, conference bookings and the purchase of books.

Department of Transport Credit Card Holders

1. Julie O'Neill (Management Board)

2. John Fearon (Management Board)

3. Pat Mangan (Management Board)

4. Andrew Cullen (Management Board)

5. Dermot Murphy (Minister's Office)

6. Fintan Towey (Brussels)

7. John Welsby (Railway Inspectorate)

8. Martin Diskin (Road Haulage)

9. Kevin Humphreys (Air Accident)

10. Derek Rafferty (Roads Policy)

11. Les Kennedy (IT)

12. Padraig McGoldrick (Finance)

13. Suzanne Bergin (Property Management)

14. Diarmuid Barron (Property Management)

15. Denise Brady (Property Management).