Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a dedicated Policy on all matters relating to official travel by staff of the Department and its Offices, including air travel. The Policy is framed on the relevant circulars and advice from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and reflects the general principle of achieving efficiency and value for money and minimising travel and subsistence costs. The Policy is regularly reviewed. The last such review was completed in March of this year.

In respect of the Agencies that come within my remit, they are statutorily independent in their functions and this is an operational matter for them.