Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost and frequency of travel per month since the beginning of this new Government by Ministers and Ministers of State by means of bus transport, rail transport or air transport by Department and by Minister involved in the travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29144/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Since the establishment of the current Government, I, and the Ministers of State at my Department, have undertaken the following travel on official business.

In May, I made one journey by air, using the Ministerial Air Transport Service. No direct costs were incurred by my Department for use of that service, which is provided by the Department of Defence and the Air Corps. No journeys on official business were made by bus or rail during that month.

In June, I made three journeys by air, at a total cost of €562.85. Minister of State Conor Lenihan made one journey by air on Department of Education and Science business, at a cost of €195.53. No journeys on official business were made by bus or rail during that month.

To date in July, neither I, nor the Ministers of State at my Department, have undertaken any official journeys by bus, rail or air.