Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The amount spent on taxis by my Department since 2007 is set out in the following table. These figures comprise payments to both the firms with whom my Department has accounts and taxis used by officials in my Department as part of normal work related travel arrangements, both home and abroad.

The use of taxis by agencies under the remit of my Department is an operational matter for the agencies themselves.