Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if vehicles used by his Department use fuel from a particular fuel supplier; if so, the name of that supplier; if departmental staff are issued with fuel cards in connection with their duties; if so, the person who is the supplier of this service; and the amount it cost his Department in the past five years. [36420/06]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department currently owns three vans which are used by service officers to perform routine deliveries in the Dublin area. Fuel for the vehicles is purchased from Shell branded filling stations using a "Topaz" fuel purchase card. These cards are not issued in the name of specific officers but are assigned to vehicles by reference to the registration number of the van. The Department is invoiced on a fortnightly basis by the supplier, Topaz Energy Limited.

There is no specific charge levied by Topaz Energy Limited for the fuel card service. The table shows a breakdown of expenditure on fuel for the vehicles in question by my Department from 2002 to date;

Most of the Department's Missions abroad also use official vehicles. However, fuel supplies for such vehicles are obtained locally and there is no centralised purchase arrangement with a particular supplier.