Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide mileage payments made annually since 2007 to staff for travel purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3952/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of mileage payments made to staff for travel purposes from 2008 to date in 2011 are set out in the table.

Mileage figures were not recorded separately from overall travel costs for 2007 and previous years. The total amount of payments made to staff for home travel in 2007 was €2,448,497. This figure includes mileage paid to staff for travel purposes as well as transportation costs such as taxis, buses, trains and airfares.