Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 906: To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent on taxis for staff and for others in each of the past four years. [23300/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The amounts spent by my Department on taxis for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 are €15,238, €10,686, €15,928 and €8,368 respectively.

Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 907: To ask the Minister for Health the details of spending, using departmental credit cards held by staff over the past four years; the numbers of persons in his Department who hold credit cards; the credit limits of said cards; and the amount that was specifically spent by his Department on entertainment provided using said credit card. [23315/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The amount spent by my Department using credit cards held by Departmental staff over the past four years is €45,382. There are two corporate credit cards for official business purposes currently in use in my Department. A Bank of Ireland Visa credit card is issued to my Private Secretary and a second card is issued to a nominated officer in my Department's Finance Unit. This card is used to cover a range of costs such as publications, seminar and conference fees, annual membership fees, transport costs and software purchases where payment by credit card is required. The credit limit on both cards is €15,000. The amount spent by my Department on state and official entertainment using the credit cards over the past four years totals €4,882. In addition, a credit card was also issued to the Registrar of the Adoption Board and, up to the establishment of the Adoption Authority of Ireland on 1 November 2010, this card's payments were met by my Department. The total amount spent on the Adoption Board's credit card over the past four years totals €15,451 with €9,469 of this spent on state and official entertainment.