Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22670/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The amounts spent by the Department of Health and Children on taxis for the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 are €21,280, €15,238 and €5,425 respectively. The expenditure on taxis by bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the bodies in question and my Department does not routinely compile or hold this information. My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy on the spend in the Executive.