Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11899/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The payments made by the Department in 2011 in respect of my transport costs and those of my predecessor, Mr Brendan Smith TD, are set out in the following table:

Notes:

Note 1.

The system for the provision and transport of transport for Ministers changed from the use of official to private cars on the appointment of the Government in March 2011. The average annual cost of providing a State car under the previous administration was €280,000. Under current arrangements the average annual cost is less than €100,000.

Note 2.

€4,351.55 of this total was in respect of attendance at Council of Ministers meetings and recoupable from the EU. The remainder covered the cost of foreign travel engagements including trade missions.End of Take