Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47919/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not taken any domestic flights for work purposes since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in June 2020.The details of any such travel by my predecessor as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the period 2019 to June 2020 will be included in the response to this Parliamentary Question provided by the Minister for Finance.

In addition, I wish to advise the Deputy that no such travel has been undertaken by any of the officials in my Department, by the Minister of State Ossian Smyth, T.D., or by his predecessor.

This year, Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., has taken one domestic return flight from Connemara Airport to Inís Mór.