Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Ministerial Travel
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/17]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The information is in the following table.
| Date | Flight Details | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 25/09/2017 | Dublin – London | Taoiseach + MTTAS |
| 2016 | Nil | Nil |
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use his Department has made of the Government jet in each of the years March 2011 to February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54219/17]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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It is my Department's policy to use regular scheduled flights for official business whenever possible, in accordance with relevant applicable guidelines.
However, there have been occasions over the period in question when use of the Government jet was warranted and relevant flight details of those 7 trips are provided in the following table.
| Date | Flight Details | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nil | Nil |
| 8/10/15 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | M/Transport, Tourism and Sport MoS for D/Foreign Affairs Officials x 4 |
| 7/10/15 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | M/Transport, Tourism and Sport Officials x 4 |
| 11/6/15 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | M/Transport, Tourism and Sport Officials x 3 |
| 5/6/14 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | An Tánaiste M/Transport, Tourism and Sport Officials x 9 |
| 10/10/13 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | M/Transport, Tourism and Sport Officials x 4 |
| 9/6/13 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | M/Transport, Tourism and Sport Officials x 4 |
| 3/10/12 | Baldonnel – Luxembourg – Baldonnel | An Taoiseach An Tánaiste M/ Transport, Tourism and Sport Ministers x 6 MoS x 9 |
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