Written answers

Tuesday, 27 November 2007

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Departmental Expenditure

8:00 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 342: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department in 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 for air travel, business class flights and first class flights in tabular readable form. [30626/07]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The total amount spent by my Department on air travel for each year from 2004 to date is set out on the table below. The table also shows the amount charged to my Department for Business Class and First Class flights each year.

YearTotal spent on air travelof which:
Business ClassFirst Class
2004718,175.30244,82717,021
2005555,004.52148,2329,683
2006434,571.5472,8340
2007 (to date)281,872.1883,4690

The amount spent on air travel on the above table does not include the following: travel using the Government jet, the costs of which are borne by the Department of Defence; costs due to be refunded to the development agencies under the aegis of my Department in respect of travel organised by those agencies – this primarily relates to trips in 2007; travel fully paid for by international organisations and/or other authorities. Of the total on the table above, the following sums were refundable from international organisations such the European Commission:

YearAmount Refundable
2004277,622.06
2005181,875.60
2006114,963.98
2007 (to date)113,134.98

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on couriered documents, registered post and standard post to date in 2007 in tabular readable form. [30641/07]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has spent the following amounts on couriered documents and registered / standard post to date in 2007:

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Couriered Documents27,951.17
Registered Post/Standard Post *168,864.30
*It is not possible to disaggregate the amount spent on registered / standard post.

The above figures do not include any spending by the offices and agencies of my Department.

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