Written answers
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Department of Education and Science
Official Travel
10:00 am
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/07]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the course of my official business during 2006 I undertook a total of 19 trips using commercial airlines. This involved 7 trips abroad and 12 trips within Ireland totalling 64,982 kilometres. A table of individual journeys showing destination and total kilometres is attached.
| List of Ministerial Trips undertaken in Ireland and Abroad in 2006 | ||||
| Destination | Date From | Date To | Purpose of Trip | KMS |
| New Delhi | 15/01/2006 | 21/01/2006 | Official Visit to India | 15,544 |
| Beijing | 21/02/2006 | 25/02/2006 | Official Visit to China | 20,068 |
| Sligo | 15/03/2006 | 15/03/2006 | Meeting in Sligo | 174 |
| Dubai | 17/03/2006 | 24/03/2006 | Official Visit to Dubai | 11,878 |
| Cork | 30/03/2006 | 30/03/2006 | Meeting in Cork | 464 |
| Kerry | 17/04/2006 | 17/04/2006 | Meeting in Kerry | 266 |
| Dublin/Kerry/Dublin | 27/04/2006 | 01/05/2006 | Meetings in Kerry | 532 |
| Dublin | 02/05/2006 | 02/05/2006 | Return from meetings in Kerry | 266 |
| Derry | 04/05/2006 | 04/05/2006 | Meetings in Derry | 190 |
| Brussels | 18/05/2006 | 19/05/2006 | EU Council | 1,564 |
| Galway | 08/06/2006 | 08/06/2006 | Meeting in Galway | 179 |
| London | 13/06/2006 | 14/06/2006 | Meeting in London | 898 |
| Dublin/Derry/Belfast/Cork | 21/06/2006 | 21/06/2006 | Meetings in Cork | 536 |
| Dublin | 23/06/2006 | 23/06/2006 | Return from Meeting in Cork | 232 |
| Athens | 26/06/2006 | 01/07/2006 | OECD meeting on Higher Education | 5,748 |
| Dublin/Kerry/Dublin | 12/10/2006 | 13/10/2006 | Meetings in Kerry | 532 |
| Dublin | 26/10/2006 | 26/10/2006 | Return from Galway meetings | 179 |
| Sligo/Dublin | 09/11/2006 | 09/11/2006 | Dublin/Sligo/Derry/Dublin | 364 |
| Helsinki | 03/12/2006 | 05/12/2006 | Informal Ministerial Meeting on Vocational Education | 5,368 |
| Total KMS | 64,982 |
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