Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Departmental Expenditure
8:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [30631/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the amount spent by my Department on air travel is set out below (these figures do not take account of any refunds received or due from the EU or other sources in respect of travel costs):
| Year | Business | Economy | First Class | Grand Total |
| 2004* | 737,372 | 238,680 | 7,065 | 983,117 |
| 2005 | 324,289 | 317,680 | nil | 641,969 |
| 2006 | 276,425 | 396,263 | nil | 672,688 |
| 2007 | 225,296 | 356,201 | 16,570 | 598,067 |
| *The Deputy may wish to note that the higher travel costs incurred in 2004 reflect the greatly increased travel requirement associated with management and hosting of the Irish Presidency in that year. |
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department on couriered documents, registered post and standard post to date in 2007 in tabular readable form. [30646/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the amount spent by my Department on couriered documents, registered post and standard post in 2007 to date is as follows:
| Courier Charges | Post (ordinary) | Post (registered) |
| â'¬26,265 | â'¬166,530 | â'¬255,290 |
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