22 March 2005

Transport

Mileage Expenses

Ciarán Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.

Minister For Transport: The Department of Transport paid out €682,000 approximately in car mileage expenses in 2004, of which approximately €503,000 relates to driver testing costs.

It is necessary to amend our financial system to generate the specific report on total mileage for Department of Transport staff in 2004 requested by the Deputy. This is being done by our software contractors and the information will be passed directly to the Deputy.