Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Defence
Ministerial Travel
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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258. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the total use and total cost per annum of the Government jet in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [49118/14]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of usage by Government of the Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) for 2011, 2012, 2013 and up to the end of November 2014 are set out in the tabular statement.
The Deputy may wish to note that, in line with a commitment made in the Programme for Government, information relating to the MATS is now published on my Department’s website and is updated on a monthly basis.
In relation to the costs, my Department follows the normal practice in the aviation business of costing aircraft by reference to the cost per flying hour under each of two headings:
(a) The variable cost, which comprises costs incurred only when the aircraft is flown including maintenance, fuel and support services i.e. it does not include costs associated with having the aircraft; andThese average hourly costs, per each aircraft type deployed for MATS missions in the period covered by your question, are set out in the tables below. For clarity, an additional average fixed cost per hour column has been included in the tables below showing the cost associated with having the aircraft. These costs will be the same regardless of how frequently the aircraft is flown.
(b) The total cost, which comprises the variable cost plus the fixed cost associated with having the aircraft. The latter comprises personnel costs and depreciation.
These average hourly rates were updated and published in 2013 (the previous revisions were in 2009 and 2011) to reflect changes in the elements used to calculate the hourly rates, such as fuel costs, personnel costs, depreciation, support costs and flying hours.
Costs per flying hour published in 2013:
Aircraft | Average Fixed Cost per Hour € | Average Variable Cost Per Hour € | Average Total Cost Per Hour € |
---|---|---|---|
Gulfstream | 620 | 4,140 | 4,760 |
Learjet | 2,370 | 2,570 | 4,940 |
CASA | 1,380 | 2,380 | 3,760 |
AW 139 | 2,060 | 1,500 | 3,560 |
Costs per flying hour published in 2011:
Aircraft | Average Fixed Cost per Hour € | Average Variable Cost Per Hour € | Average Total Cost Per Hour € |
---|---|---|---|
Gulfstream | 520 | 3,270 | 3,790 |
Learjet | 2,260 | 1,940 | 4,200 |
CASA | 1,410 | 2,800 | 4,210 |
AW 139 | 2,000 | 1,410 | 3,410 |
Gulfstream IV
- Gulfstream IV Date Return Date Min. Time On Board Route Minister 04/02/2011 04/02/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Foreign Affairs 10/03/2011 12/03/2011 185 Baldonnel - Brussels - Knock - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 15/03/2011 18/03/2011 825 Baldonnel - Washington - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste Foreign Affairs 24/03/2011 25/03/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 12/04/2011 12/04/2011 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Tánaiste Foreign Affairs / Justice & Equality / MOS Foreign Affairs 17/04/2011 18/04/2011 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 04/05/2011 06/05/2011 810 Baldonnel - Teteboro - White Plains - Teteboro - Knock - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 09/06/2011 10/06/2011 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Justice & Equality 19/06/2011 19/06/2011 100 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Tánaiste Foreign Affairs 21/06/2011 22/06/2011 300 Baldonnel - Vienna - Baldonnel Tánaiste Foreign Affairs 20/06/2011 20/06/2011 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Stansted - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 23/06/2011 24/06/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach 21/07/2011 21/07/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach 25/09/2011 26/09/2011 420 Baldonnel - Algiers - Oran - Baldonnel Agriculture, Marine & Food 29/09/2011 30/09/2011 330 Baldonnel - Warsaw - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 12/10/2011 13/10/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 22/10/2011 23/10/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Dublin An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach 06/11/2011 07/11/2011 455 Baldonnel - Moscow - Baldonnel Tánaiste Foreign Affairs 16/11/2011 16/11/2011 275 Baldonnel - Berlin - Frankfurt - Baldonnel An Taosieach 30/11/2011 30/11/2011 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Defence 07/12/2011 07/12/2011 345 Baldonnel - Vilnius - Baldonnel Tánaiste Foreign Affairs 09/12/2011 09/12/2011 90 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach 12/01/2012 12/01/2012 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 25/01/2012 27/01/2012 240 Baldonnel - Zurich - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 30/01/2012 30/01/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Taoiseach 08/02/2012 09/02/2012 790 Baldonnel - Teteboro - Whiteplains - Teteboro - Dublin An Taoiseach / Enterprise/Trade & Innovation 15/02/2012 17/02/2012 835 Baldonnel - Teteboro - White Plains - Teteboro - Boston - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 23/02/2012 24/02/2012 385 Baldonnel - Berlin - Rome - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 29/02/2012 02/03/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taosieach / Finance / MOS Taosieach 15/03/2012 21/03/2012 1050 Baldonnel - Chicago - Southbend - Whiteplains - Washington - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 12/03/2012 12/03/2012 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 26/04/2012 27/04/2012 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Agriculture, Marine & Food / Justice & Equality 23/05/2012 24/05/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) 11/06/2012 14/06/2012 840 Baldonnel - Yerevan - Tbilisi - Batumi - Baku - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) Gulfstream IV Date Return Date Min. Time On Board Route Minister 22/06/2012 22/06/2012 185 Baldonnel - Edinburgh - Cork - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 25/06/2012 25/06/2012 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) 28/06/2012 29/06/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) / MOS Taosieach 09/07/2012 11/07/2012 680 Baldonnel - Brussels - Larnaca - Baldonnel Finance/Health 17/07/2012 17/07/2012 210 Baldonnel - Frankfurt - Baldonnel Finance 23/07/2012 24/07/2012 495 Baldonnel - Berlin - Rome - Budapest - Baldonnel Agriculture, Marine & Food 27/07/2012 28/07/2012 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 11/09/2012 15/09/2012 775 Baldonnel - Paris - Berlin - Rome - Larnaca - Baldonnel Finance 21/09/2012 22/09/2012 340 Baldonnel - Rome - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 03/10/2012 03/10/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) / Finance / Public Expenditure & Reform / Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation / Social Protection / Communications, Energy & Natural Resources / Environment, Community & Local Government / Agriculture, Food & Marine / Transport, Tourism & Sport / MOS European Affairs 09/10/2012 09/10/2012 190 Baldonnel - Paris - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) 11/10/2012 14/10/2012 905 Baldonnel - Philadelphia - Cleveland - Knock - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 18/10/2012 19/10/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 22/10/2012 22/10/2012 190 Baldonnel - Paris - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS Food, Horticulture & Food Safety 25/10/2012 26/10/2012 250 Baldonnel - Berlin - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) 01/11/2012 01/11/2012 250 Baldonnel - Berlin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 07/11/2012 08/11/2012 395 Baldonnel - Budapest - Vienna - Berlin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 19/11/2012 20/11/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) / MOS European Affairs 22/11/2012 23/11/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) / Agriculture, Food & Marine / MOS European Affairs 26/11/2012 26/11/2012 100 Baldonnel - Cardiff - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Children & Youth Affairs 28/11/2012 29/11/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Agriculture, Food & Marine / Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation 10/12/2012 10/12/2012 260 Baldonnel - Oslo - Balddonnel An Taoiseach 13/12/2012 14/12/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 16/12/2012 17/12/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (Foreign Affairs & Trade) / MOS European Affairs 20/12/2012 20/12/2012 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Dublin Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 30/01/2013 31/01/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Tánaiste (DFAT) / Public Expenditure & Reform / MOS European Affairs
Gulfstream IV Date Return Date Min. Time On Board Route Minister 07/02/2013 08/02/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Agriculture, Food & Marine / MOS European Affairs 14/02/2013 16/02/2013 465 Baldonnel - Moscow - Baldonnel Finance 21/02/2013 22/02/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Communications, Energy & Natural Resources / MOS Communications 26/02/2013 27/02/2013 360 Baldonnel - Geneva - Rome - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 03/03/2013 05/03/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Finance / MOS Public Expenditure 09/03/2013 12/03/2013 390 Baldonnel - Beirut - Larnaca - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel Defence 07/03/2013 07/03/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 15/03/2013 23/03/2013 1600 Baldonnel - White Plains - Washington - Orange County - Burnabk - Moffett - Seattle - Edmonton - Baldonnel AnTaoiseach 13/03/2013 15/03/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation / MOS European Affairs 07/04/2013 10/04/2013 690 Baldonnel - Istanbul - Gaziantep - Ankara - Istanbul - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 11/04/2013 11/04/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) / MOS European Affairs 18/04/2013 19/04/2013 420 Baldonnel - Kiev - Baldonnel MOS Public Expenditure & Reform 21/04/2013 22/04/2013 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) / Agriculture, Food & Marine / MOS European Affairs 25/04/2013 25/04/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 28/04/2013 29/04/2013 370 Baldonnel - Granada - Lisbon - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 06/05/2013 06/05/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (DFAT) 12/05/2013 13/05/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) / Finance / Public Expenditure & Reform / MOS Public Expenditure / MOS European Affairs 18/05/2013 20/05/2013 765 Baldonnel - Boston - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 16/05/2013 17/05/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Communications , Energy & Natural Resources/ Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht / MOS Tourism 22/05/2013 23/05/2013 505 Baldonnel - Brussels - Athens - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 26/05/2013 29/05/2013 230 Baldonnel - Brussels - Paris - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 06/06/2013 08/06/2013 475 Baldonnel - Vilnius - Riga - Helsinki - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 04/06/2013 04/06/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) / MOS European Affairs 10/06/2013 10/06/2013 385 Baldonnel - San Damiano Air Base (Piacenza) - Rome - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 19/06/2013 21/06/2013 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Finance / Social Protection / MOS Public Expenditure 23/06/2013 25/06/2013 230 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 26/06/2013 28/06/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (DFAT) 22/06/2013 22/06/2013 100 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Agriculture, Marine & Food 26/06/2013 26/06/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Communications , Energy & Natural Resources/ Children & Youth Affairs
Gulfstream IV Date Return Date Min. Time On Board Route Minister 01/07/2013 02/07/2013 210 Baldonnel - Strasbourg - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 10/07/2013 13/07/2013 930 Baldonnel - Washington - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 17/07/2013 19/07/2013 360 Baldonnel - Vilnius - Baldonnel Justice, Equality & Reform 12/09/2013 14/09/2013 390 Baldonnel - Vilnius - Baldonnel Public Expenditure & Reform 24/09/2013 29/09/2013 765 Baldonnel - White Plains - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 07/10/2013 07/10/2013 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Justice & Equality 10/10/2013 10/10/2013 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Transport, Tourism & Sport 24/10/2013 25/10/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 12/11/2013 12/11/2013 190 Baldonnel - Paris - Baldonnel An Taoiseach/Social Protection 15/11/2013 15/11/2013 130 Baldonnel - Jersey - Baldonnel An Taoiseach/Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs 25/11/2013 29/11/2013 810 Baldonnel - Beirut - Amman - Tel Aviv - Baldonnel Defence 13/11/2013 13/11/2013 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Gatwick - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 14/11/2013 14/11/2013 60 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 15/12/2013 16/12/2013 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Tánaiste (DFAT) 18/12/2013 20/12/2013 190 Baldonnel - Wevelgem - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 04/01/2014 10/01/2014 1025 Baldonnel - Riyadh - Doha - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Brussels - Baldonnel Taoiseach / Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation 22/01/2014 24/01/2014 240 Baldonnel - Zurich - Baldonnel Taoiseach / Finance 07/02/2014 07/02/2014 190 Baldonnel - Paris - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (DFAT) / Education & Skills / Environment, Community & Local Government / Social Protection / Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation 12/03/2014 18/03/2014 1010 Baldonnel - Washington - Boston - White Plains - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 10/03/2014 11/03/2014 150 Baldonnel - Manchester - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 06/03/2014 06/03/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 20/03/2014 21/03/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 08/04/2014 09/04/2014 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 10/04/2014 11/04/2014 120 Baldonnel - Northolt - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 14/04/2014 14/04/2014 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel An Tánaiste (DFAT) 05/05/2014 06/05/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Finance 27/05/2014 27/05/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Taoiseach / Tánaiste (DFAT) / MOS European Affairs 05/06/2014 06/06/2014 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Justice & Equality / Transport, Tourism & Sport 06/06/2014 07/06/2014 430 Baldonnel - Kiev - Baldonnel Environment, Community & Local Government 15/06/2014 16/06/2014 650 Baldonnel - Beirut - Baldonnel Taoiseach & Defence / MOS Defence 13/06/2014 13/06/2014 120 Baldonnel - Guernsey - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 19/06/2014 20/06/2014 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Finance / Health 22/06/2014 23/06/2014 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel An Tánaiste (DFAT) 26/06/2014 27/06/2014 170 Baldonnel - Wevelgem - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / Tánaiste (DFAT) / MOS European Affairs
03/07/2014 03/07/2014 250 Baldonnel - Berlin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach 07/07/2014 07/07/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel Finance 16/07/2014 17/07/2014 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach / MOS European Affairs 14/07/2014 15/07/2014 250 Baldonnel - Geneva - Baldonnel Justice & Equality 17/07/2014 18/07/2014 290 Baldonnel - Milan - Baldonnel An Tánaiste (Social Protection)
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