Written Answers. - Official Travel.

Tuesday, 29 February 2000

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 515 No. 3

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  119.  Mr. Hogan  Information on Philip Hogan  Zoom on Philip Hogan   asked the Minister for Defence  Information on Michael Smith  Zoom on Michael Smith   the name, position and title of each person who has travelled on the Government jet since 1 October 1999; the date, destination and purpose of each trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5959/00]

Minister for Defence (Mr. M. Smith): Information on Michael Smith  Zoom on Michael Smith  The ministerial air transport service is provided by the Air Corps using a Gulfstream IV jet aircraft.

The following particulars relate to journeys undertaken on the Government jet since 1 October 1999:

Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
6/10/99 Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin Public Enterprise 5 (Dublin – Luxembourg)
4 (Luxembourg – Dublin
7/10/99,
returned
08/10/99		 Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin Finance 5
08/10/99 Shannon – Dublin Taoiseach 6
10/10/99 Dublin – Munich (aircraft returned to Dublin) Enterprise, Trade & Employment 2
11/10/99 Dublin – Luxembourg – Munich – Dublin Foreign Affairs / Enterprise, Trade & Employment 4 (Dublin – Luxembourg – Munich) 7 (Munich – Dublin)*

*This includes 3 passengers from Enterprise, Trade & Employment (see entry of 10/10/99)

Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
12/10/99,
returned
14/10/99		 Dublin – Northolt – Geneva – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment 3
14/10/99,
returned
16/10/99		 Dublin – Tampere – Dublin Taoiseach 12
17/10/99,
returned
19/10/99		 Dublin – Helsinki – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment 5
20/10/99 Dublin – Brussels Finance 4
21/10/99 Prague – Dublin Taoiseach 13
22/10/99 Dublin – Cork – Dublin Taoiseach 5
23/10/99 Dublin – Cork – Dublin Taoiseach 5 (Dublin – Cork)
8 (Cork – Dublin)
25/10/99,
returned
26/10/99		 Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin Marine & Natural Resources 7
28/10/99, returned 29/10/99 Dublin – Luxembourg – Farranfore – Dublin Justice, Equality & Law Reform 6
5 (Farranfore – Dublin)
02/11/99-
05/11/99		 Dublin – Hungary – Slovenia – Kosovo – Northolt – Dublin Taoiseach 9 (Dublin – Hungary)
13 (Hungary – Slovenia)
14 (Slovenia – Kosovo)
9 (Kosovo – Northolt)
7 (Northolt – Dublin)
[747] Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
06/11/99 Dublin – Cardiff – Dublin Taoiseach 5
07/11/99, returned 08/11/99 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Finance 5 (Dublin – Brussels)
7 (Brussels – Dublin)
08/11/99
returned
09/11/99		 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment 4 (Dublin – Brussels)
5 (Brussels – Dublin)
10/11/99,
returned
12/11/99		 Dublin – Cork – New York – Dublin Taoiseach 6
15/11/99 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Defence/Foreign Affairs/Agriculture 9 (Dublin – Brussels)
10 (Brussels – Dublin)
16/11/99 Iceland – Dublin Marine &
Natural Resources		 5
17/11/99,
returned
19/11/99		 Dublin – Istanbul – Dublin Taoiseach 10
22/11/99,
returned
23/11/99		 Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin Defence 4
22/11/99 Brussels – Dublin Marine & Natural Resources 3
25/11/99 Dublin – Brussels (aircraft returned to Dublin) Education 4
26/11/99 Dublin – Kerry – Cork – Brussels – Cork – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment / Education 2 (Dublin – Kerry – Cork)
4 (Brussels – Cork)*
5 (Cork – Dublin)**

*Aircraft positioned to Brussels to bring Education party to Cork

**This includes 3 from Education (see entry of 25/11/99)

Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
28/11/99 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Finance 6
01/12/99,
returned
5 December		 Dublin – San Francisco – Seattle – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment 5 (Dublin – San Francisco – Seattle)
8 (Seattle – Dublin)
09/12/99,
returned
11/12/99*		 Dublin – Helsinki – Dublin Taoiseach / Foreign Affairs / Finance 12 (Dublin – Helsinki)
11 (Helsinki – Dublin)

*Aircraft returned to Dublin on 10/12/99 with 4 Department of Finance passengers and returned to Helsinki on 11/12/99

Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
15/12/99 Dublin – Brussels Marine and Natural Resources 9
16/12/99 Dublin – Paris – London Foreign Affairs 5
17/12/99 Dublin – Northolt – Dublin Taoiseach 12
08/01/00,
returned
15/01/00		 Dublin – Johannesburg – Maseru – Johannesburg – Maseru – Waterkloof – Capetown – Dublin Taoiseach 3 (Dublin –
Johannesburg)
9 (Johannesburg –
Maseru)
8 (Maseru – Waterkloof)
10 (Waterkloof –
Capetown)
3 (Capetown – Dublin)
17 – 20
January 2000		 Dublin – Sarajevo – Pristina – Skopje – Dublin Foreign Affairs 9 (Dublin – Sarajevo)
13 (Sarajevo – Pristina)
14 (Pristina – Skopje)
8 (Skopje – Dublin)
21/01/00 Lisbon – Dublin Department of Social, Community & Family Affairs 3
22/01/00 Cork – Dublin Taoiseach 3
23/01/00,
returned 24/01/00		 Dublin – Pristina – Dublin Defence 11
25/01/00 Dublin – Cork Taoiseach 12
27/01/00,
returned
28/01/00		 Dublin – Verona, Bologna – Milan – Dublin – Kerry Agriculture & Food 10 (Dublin – Verona)
11 (Bologna – Milan)
10 (Milan – Dublin)
1 (Dublin – Kerry)
[748][749] Date Route Requesting Department No. of Passengers
30/01/00,
returned
31/01/00		 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Finance 5
30/01/00 Dublin – Derry – Dublin Taoiseach 3
31/01/00 Dublin – Belfast Taoiseach 3
07/02/00 Dublin – Belfast – Dublin Taoiseach 3
07/02/00 Belfast – Northolt Taoiseach 4
08/02/00,
returned
15/02/00		 Dublin – Thailand – Malaysia – Singapore – Thailand – Dublin Enterprise, Trade & Employment 5 (Dublin – Thailand)
9 (Thailand – Malaysia)
9 (Malaysia – Singapore)
5 (Singapore – Thailand – Dublin)
16/02/00 Dublin – Northolt – Dublin Taoiseach 9
22/02/00 Dublin – Faro – Dublin Foreign Affairs 3
27/02/00, returned 28/02/00 Dublin – Brussels – Lisbon – Brussels – Dublin Defence / Finance 10 (Dublin – Brussels &
Brussels – Dublin) 4
(Brussels – Lisbon –
Brussels)

The following are the relevant particulars in relation to journeys appropriate to theDepartment of Defence:–

Date Route Purpose Passengers
15/11/99 Dublin – Brussels – Dublin Attendance at meeting of EU General Affairs Council. Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D.,Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, and Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary.
22/11/99,
returned
23/11/99		 Dublin – Luxembourg – Dublin Attendance at Western European Union Ministerial Council. Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D.,Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, Mr. Declan Kelleher, Deputy Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary.
23/01/00, returned 24/01/00 Dublin – Pristina – Dublin Visit to Irish Troops serving with KFOR. Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D., Mr. David O'Callaghan, Secretary General, Department of Defence, Ms. Barbara Burke, Private Secretary, Mr. John Hanney, Press Officer, Major General Colm Mangan, Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Comdt. Tom Behan, Personal Staff Officer to Deputy Chief of Staff, (Support), Comdt. Eoin O Neachtain, Defence Forces Press Officer, Mr. Tom Brady, Journalist, Mr. Jim Cusack, Journalist, Mr. Conor Keane, Journalist, and Mr. Tom McCaughran, Journalist.
[750][751] Date Route Purpose Passengers
27/02/00, returned 28/02/00 Dublin – Lisbon – Dublin Meeting of EU Defence Ministers. Minister for Defence, Mr. Michael Smith, T.D., Mr. Michael O'Donoghue, Assistant Secretary, Department of Defence, Mr. Declan Kelleher, Deputy Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Michael O'Sullivan, Private Secretary.

The purpose of particular journeys undertaken by other Ministers/officials together with the status of the passengers is a matter for the requesting Departments concerned.

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