Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Ministerial Travel
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54195/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I travelled with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD on the Government Jet on Thursday 16 November from Dublin to Gothenburg, and again on Friday, 17 November from Gothenburg to Dublin.
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the use her Department has made of the Government jet in each of the years March 2011 to February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54211/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government Jet was used by Joan Burton TD as Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection and Leo Varadkar TD as Minister for Social Protection during the dates March 2011 to February 2016 as follows:
| Date of travel | Destination |
|---|---|
| 3rd October 2012 | Outwards to Brussels to meet with College of Commissioners travelled with Taoiseach |
| 27th February 2013 | Outwards to Brussels to attend EPSCO |
| 19th June 2013 | Outwards to Luxembourg to attend EPSCO |
| 3rd July 2013 | Berlin return, travelled with Taoiseach to attend a conference on Youth Employment |
| 12th November 2013 | Return from Paris with Taoiseach, meeting with President Hollande and conference on youth employment |
| 7th February 2014 | Paris and return to Baldonnel, to attend OECD meeting |
| 17th & 18th July 2014 | Milan and return to Baldonnel , to attend Informal Ministerial conference |
| 8th October 2014 | Milan and return to Baldonnel, attend employment conference |
| 14th January 2016 | Outwards to Paris to attend OECD Conference |
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