Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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763. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [54192/17]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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764. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [54208/17]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 763 and 764 together.

The Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) provides the Government and the President with an independent, flexible and effective air transport service to assist in meeting national and international obligations. Details of use of the MATS by Ministers are published by the Department of Defence at .  I have made no use of the Service since coming into office.

The MATS has been used by my Department on five occasions since its establishment in June  2011, details of which are set out in the table below.