Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of the senior Ministers car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related expenses paid to the senior Minister; if he will detail the salaries paid to civilian drivers, overtime, subsistence and travel expenses paid to them and all other related information, and the information should include any payment made in 2012 related to a 2011 claim. [10641/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In the period in question the cost to my Department in relation to the use of my car for Ministerial travel was €76,168.14. This cost included mileage (which is to cover car related expenses), the salaries paid to civilian drivers and the travel and subsistence paid to the drivers. Under the guidelines, Overtime is not paid to Ministerial drivers. This amount is significantly below the €280,000 average annual cost under the previous Ministerial transport regime for each Minister