Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Department of Defence
Departmental Expenditure
8:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 562: To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [30624/07]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount spent on travel in my Department is set out in the tables below:
| Department Staff | ||||
| Year | Business Class | Economy Class | First Class | Total |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | |
| 2004 | 48,279 | 17,065 | 24,372 | 89,715 |
| 2005 | 14,857 | 17,686 | NIL | 32,543 |
| 2006 | 18,413 | 33,542 | NIL | 51,955 |
| 2007 | 11,841 | 31,176 | NIL | 43,017 |
| Defence Forces Personnel | ||||
| Year | Business Class | Economy Class | First Class | Total |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | |
| 2004 | 336,076 | 787,074 | NIL | 1,123,150 |
| 2005 | 152,270 | 598,946 | NIL | 751,216 |
| 2006 | 218,285 | 608,393 | NIL | 826,678 |
| 2007 | 264,485 | 773,030 | NIL | 1,037,515 |
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 563: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on couriered documents, registered post and standard post to date in 2007 in tabular readable form. [30639/07]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The total amount spent by my Department to date in 2007 on standard and registered post and couriered documents is €517,091. This expenditure comprises the cost of such services for the Department's offices in Dublin and Galway, the Defence Forces and the Civil Defence Board in Roscrea.
A breakdown of the expenditure is not readily available.
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