Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Ministers of State assigned to her Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3247/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The total value of annual mileage claims for the years in question by Josepha Madigan who was a Minister of State in the Department of Education was:

2023: €14,182.46

2024: €3,737.02

The cost of overnight allowances submitted by her civilian drivers in the years in question was:

2023: €1,837

2024: NIL

Minister of State Thomas Byrne was appointed in December 2022 as a Minister of State in the Department of Education and did not submit any mileage claims to the Department in 2023 or 2024.

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton was appointed as a Minister of State in the Department of Education in April 2024 with a Garda driver and did not submit any mileage claims in 2024.