Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
10:00 pm
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied) under which mileage is paid; the total number of claimants; and the total spend on same. [42625/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In 2007 my Department spent €160,916.32 on mileage allowances. The total number of kilometres for which mileage allowance was claimed was 224,159. The total number of trips taken in the year amounted to 1,176 and the number of claimants for the year was 212. A detailed breakdown of the figures by engine size is contained in the following table:
| Engine Size | Summary Details | Totals |
| 0cc to 1200cc | Claim Value | €2,199.06 |
| Kilometres | 4,238 | |
| No. of Trips Taken | 32 | |
| Number of Claimants | 12 | |
| 1201cc to 1500cc | Claim Value | €45.692.12 |
| Kilometres | 74,166 | |
| No. of Trips Taken | 381 | |
| Number of Claimants | 76 | |
| 1501cc and above | Claim Value | €113,025.14 |
| Kilometres | 145,755 | |
| No. of Trips Taken | 763 | |
| Number of Claimants | 124 |
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