Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Department of Defence
Ministerial Transport
9:00 am
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 549: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of flights outside of Europe that the Government jets have taken annually since 2008 to date in 2010; the destinations of these flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35841/10]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The Ministerial Air Transport Service is provided by the Air Corps to facilitate members of the Government in fulfilling their official engagements at home and abroad. The Service is primarily provided by the Gulfstream IV and the Learjet 45 aircraft, which were specifically acquired for that purpose. The Learjet 45 has the capacity to carry 7 passengers and is mainly tasked with short and medium haul missions to the UK and Europe. The Gulfstream IV has the capacity to carry 14 passengers and can be tasked with long haul missions to destinations such as the United States, Africa and the Middle East, as well as to European destinations.
Details of Ministerial Air Transport Service missions outside Europe from 2008 to date are set out in the tabular statement below, and include dates of travel, mission destinations and requesting minister.
| GULFSTREAM IV | |||
| Date | Return Date | Route | Minister |
| 01/02/2008 | 07/02/2008 | Baldonnel – Bangor (Maine)– Prescott - Las Vegas – Phoenix – Houston – Washington - Baldonnel | Health |
| 18/02/2008 | 22/02/2008 | Brussels – Dubai - Kuala Lumpur – Dili – Darwin – Dili - Kuala Lumpur- Bahrain - Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 16/03/2008 | 18/03/2008 | Baldonnel – Dublin - Scranton, Pennsylvania – Washington – Dublin - Baldonnel | An Taoiseach |
| 29/04/2008 | 02/05/2008 | Baldonnel – Washington – Boston – Dublin – Baldonnel | An Taoiseach/ Foreign Affairs/ Transport |
| 16/06/2008 | 18/06/2008 | Baldonnel – Shannon – N'Djamena – Shannon – Baldonnel | Defence |
| 08/07/2008 | 11/07/2008 | Baldonnel –Cairo – Tel Aviv – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 15/07/2008 | 18/07/2008 | Baldonnel – New York (Teteboro) – Baldonnel | An Taoiseach |
| 14/12/2008 | 16/12/2008 | Baldonnel – Knock – Bangor (Maine) – Austin (Texas) – Bangor (Maine) – Baldonnel | Tánaiste (Enterprise, Trade & Employment) / Defence |
| 01/02/2009 | 06/02/2009 | Baldonnel – Cork – Damascus – Beirut – Abu Dhabi – Dubai – Brussels – Cork - Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 15/02/2009 | 20/02/2009 | Baldonnel – Cork – Washington – Mexico City – Havana (Cuba) – St Johns Newfoundland (Canada) – Cork – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 24/02/2009 | 26/02/2009 | Baldonnel – Shannon – N'Djamena – Abehce – N'Djamena – Shannon – Baldonnel | Defence |
| 14/03/2009 | 18/03/2009 | Baldonnel – Teterboro – White Plains – Teterboro – Washington – Shannon | An Taoiseach/ Foreign Affairs |
| 26/04/2009 | 01/05/2009 | Baldonnel – Knock – Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) – Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) – Doha (Qatar) – Knock – Baldonnel | Tanaiste (Enterprise, Trade & Employment) |
| 21/09/2009 | 23/09/2009 | Baldonnel – Teteboro – White Plains – Teteboro – Baldonnel | An Taoiseach |
| 23/02/2010 | 26/02/2010 | Baldonnel – Cairo – El Arish – Cairo – El Arish – Cork – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 12/03/2010 | 18/03/2010 | Baldonnel – Chicago – Moffett Field (California) – Washington – Baldonnel | An Taoiseach/ Foreign Affairs |
| 27/06/2010 | 03/07/2010 | Baldonnel – Cork – Valetta – Kampala – Addis Ababa – Valetta – Cork – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 11/07/2010 | 15/07/2010 | Baldonnel – Teteboro – White Plains – Teteboro – Atlanta - Baldonnel | An Taoiseach |
| Learjet 45 | |||
| Date | Return Date | Route | Minister |
| 01/03/2009 | 02/03/2009 | Baldonnel – Cork – Bari – Sharm El Sheikh – Rome – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
| 04/09/2009 | 07/09/2009 | Baldonnel – Stockholm – Sofia – Cairo – Khartoum – Cairo – Rome – Baldonnel | Foreign Affairs |
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