Written answers
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Department of Transport
Ministerial Expenses
9:00 pm
George Lee (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 573: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount that has been claimed in expenses by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department from 1997 to 2008; the reasons these expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31952/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Transport was newly created in 2002. The amount claimed in expenses by each senior and junior Minister in the Department is set out in the table below.
| Senior Minister | Year | Expenses claimed |
| Ms. Mary O' Rourke, T.D. | 2002 | €11,284 |
| Mr. Seamus Brennan, T.D. | 2003 | €22,552 |
| Mr. Seamus Brennan, T.D. | 2004 | €30,563 |
| Mr. Martin Cullen, T.D. | 2005 | €28,699 |
| Mr. Martin Cullen, T.D. | 2006 | €36,871 |
| Mr. Martin Cullen, T.D. | 2007 | €56,206 |
| Mr. Noel Dempsey, T.D. | 2007 | €6,695* |
| Mr. Noel Dempsey, T.D. | 2008 | €40,375 |
* Expenses paid in 2008 relating to 2007.
| Junior Minister | Year | Expenses claimed |
| Mr. James McDaid, T.D. | 2002 | €30,678 |
| Mr. Joseph Jacob, T.D. | 2002 | €1,524 |
| Mr. James McDaid, T.D. | 2003 | €21,411 |
| Mr. James McDaid, T.D. | 2004 | €24,259 |
| Mr. Ivor Callely, T.D. | 2004 | €596 |
| Mr. Ivor Callely, T.D. | 2005 | €31,316 |
| Mr. Pat Gallagher, T.D. | 2006 | €22,860 |
| Mr. Pat Gallagher, T.D. | 2007 | €26,959 |
| Mr. Noel Ahern, T.D. | 2008 | €11,444 |
The reasons for the expenses claimed were: monthly Ministerial expenses (provided for in legislation); and travel and subsistence incurred while working on official Government business.
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