Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 819: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of providing transport including their official car to Ministers of State in his Department and staff for each year from 1997 to date in 2007. [33670/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister of State at my Department is also Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. No transport costs are incurred by my Department in respect of the Minister of State or his staff.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 820: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of him using public transport for every year since 1997 to date in 2007; and the cost of providing similar services to junior Ministers and staff for the same period. [33685/07]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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While I do use public transport on occasions, no costs have been incurred for either myself or the Minister of State in my Department for the use of public transport for the period 1997 to date in 2007. The amounts paid in respect of the use of public transport (excluding taxi fares) by staff in my Private Office, my Constituency Office and the Private Office of the Minister for State was: €516.50 in 2006 and €145.50 to date in 2007. Information for the years prior to 2006 is not readily available and compiling it would require a disproportionate amount of resources.