Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civilian and Garda ministerial drivers in his current corps of drivers; the breakdown of the civilian versus Garda drivers; and the total costs including salaries, maintenance, fuel and so on incurred by the driver corps in 2020 and 2021. [3968/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My security arrangements are handled by An Garda Síochána. As the Deputy will appreciate, it would not be appropriate to comment on such security arrangements which are kept under ongoing review by An Garda Síochána.

My Department also has four Civilian Drivers, who are each paid a salary of €38,296 p.a. Total mileage claimed in respect of official travel of Ministers of State was €21,989 in 2020 and €15,704 in 2021.