Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over to his Department or if they can be retained by the individual concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24898/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The policy of my Department, on the issue of frequent flyer points, is in line with the guidelines set out in the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour (Circular 26 of 2004) which provide that:

". . . benefits under frequent flier schemes may be retained by individual civil servants in recognition of the fact that official travel is disruptive to personal and family life" (Paragraph 16.2 of Circular 20/2004).