Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 814: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [29150/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that since the beginning of the new Government's term of office, as Minister I have travelled once by Government helicopter and once by Government jet. There was no travel cost incurred by this Department in either instance. I can also inform the Deputy that Minister of State Conor Lenihan travelled twice by air in the month of June. In relation to one flight there was a cost of €185.10 incurred by my Department. The cost of the other flight fell to be borne by another Department.