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Questions asked in the Dáil by Ciarán - Environment

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06 February 2007

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Distance travelled by each minister on commercial airline to determine carbon footprint

 

 

 

Ciarán Cuffe asked each Minister the distance he/she travelled with a view to determining their carbon footprint, by air using commercial airline in the last year for which figures are available;and if they would make a statement on the matter

 

 

 

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

Over the period, January 2006 to December 2006, I travelled a total of 49,563 Km on commercial airlines.

 

Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (Mr. Martin)

Set out below is a list of the air travel undertaken by me, using commercial airlines, in the calendar year 2006. In each case, the departure date and itinerary are supplied. My Department does not keep a record of distances flown. The Deputy should note that all of the travel undertaken was done so as part of my Ministerial functions, in particular in the promotion of Irish economic and business interests.

15/01/06: Cork - London Heathrow - Bangalore - Mumbai - London Heathrow - Cork
30/01/06: Cork - Dublin
14/02/06: Dublin -Barcelona -Dublin
23/02/06: Dublin - Cork - Dublin
26/02/06: Dublin - Los Angeles - Seattle - Portland - San Francisco - Los Angeles - Dublin
9/03/06: Dublin - Derry - Dublin - Cork
10/04/06: Cork - Dublin
2/06/06: Dublin - Cork
24/06/06: Dublin - Paris CDG - Tokyo - Beijing - Shanghai - Paris CDG - London Heathrow - Cork
11/07/06: Cork - Dublin
19/07/06: Dublin - New York - Shannon
24/08/06: Dublin - Cork
11/09/06: Dublin - Cork
18/09/06: Cork - Dublin - London Heathrow - Johannesburg - Cape Town - London Heathrow - Cork
12/10/06: Dublin - London Heathrow - Brussels - London Heathrow - Cork
16/10/06: Cork - London Heathrow - Toronto - Ottawa - Montreal - London Heathrow - Cork
27/11/06: Dublin - Chicago - Minneapolis - Indianapolis - Chicago - Shannon

 

Minister of Finance (Mr. Cowen)
I made three official trips by commercial airline during 2006. Details of these are set out below.

10/03/2006 - 21/03/2006 Dublin - London Heathrow - Hong Kong - Sydney - Hong Kong - London Heathrow -Dublin Australia
30/05/2006 - 31/05/2006 Dublin - Knock - Dublin Knock
09/10/2006 Dublin - London City - Luxembourg Ecofin Meeting in Brussels
 

Minister for Communications, Marine, and Natural Resources (Mr. N. Dempsey)

In my official capacity, I travelled by commercial airline in the last year as follows:
Dublin – London – San Francisco – Seattle – London – Dublin
Dublin – Galway – Dublin
Dublin – Dubai – Dublin
Dublin – Cork – Dublin
Dublin – Paris – Vietnam – Hong Kong – London – Dublin

 

Minister for Foreign Affairs

11-15 March

London - Dallas 4,740
Dallas- Washington 1,170

08 - 13 May

Dublin - London 279
London - Tokyo 5,960
Tokyo - Beijing 1,340
Beijing - Frankfurt 4,840
Frankfurt - Dublin 674

02 June

London - Dublin 279

08 - 09 September

Dublin - London 279
London - Dublin 279


15 September

Dublin Brussels 486
Brussels Dublin 486


29 - 31 October

Dublin Paris 487
Paris Dublin 487

TOTAL: 21,786
 

Taoiseach

I travelled by commercial airline from Mumbai, India to London in January 2006 at the end of my official visit to India. This was the only commercial flight that I undertook in the course of my official duties in 2006.

 

Minister for Defence (Mr. O'Dea)

With regard to distance travelled by members of the Government on Air Corps aircraft in 2006, I am advised that the Air Corps does not use this method to calculate aircraft utilization. Instead, aircraft usage is recorded as hours flown. In order to calculate an estimate of air miles flown from hours flown, it is necessary to multiply the hours flown by the average aircraft speed. The average speed of the Air Corps aircraft used in provision of the Ministerial Air Transport Service is set out below. Aircraft and Average Speed:
Gulfstream IV 410 nautical miles per hour
Learjet 45 400 nautical miles per hour
Beechcraft 220 nautical miles per hour
CASA 200 nautical miles per hour
EC 135 helicopter 130 nautical miles per hour
Alouette helicopter 90 nautical miles per hour


Minister for Environment, Heritage, and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Details of the journeys I undertook by commercial airline during the year 2006 are set out in the following table:
Date of Travel Origin Destination Distance (km)
05/02/2006 Dublin Paris
05/02/2006 Paris Dubai
10/02/2006 Dubai London
10/02/2006 London Dublin Total: 11,953
10/03/2006 Dublin Amsterdam
10/03/2006 Amsterdam Kuala Lumpur
14/03/2006 Kuala Lumpur Bangkok
15/03/2006 Bangkok Osaka
19/03/2006 Tokyo Paris
20/03/2006 Paris Dublin Total:32,172

09/05/2006 Dublin New York
12/05/2006 New York Dublin Total: 10,200

13/11/2006 Dublin Amsterdam
13/11/2006 Amsterdam Nairobi
17/11/2006 Nairobi London
18/11/2006 London Dublin Total:14,717

07/12/2006 Dublin Galway 179


Minister for Health and Children (Ms. Harney)

As part of the execution of my role as Tánaiste and as Minister for Health and Children, I travelled to Chicago, Bahrain and South Africa by commercial airlines in 2006. The total distance of these trips is 38,206 kilometres.

 

Minister for Education and Science (Ms. Hanafin)

In the course of my official business during 2006 I undertook a total of 19
trips using commercial airlines. This involved 7 trips abroad and 12 trips
within Ireland totalling 64,982 kilometres

 

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Mr. Brennan)

During the twelve month period ending 31 December 2006, I undertook four international business trips via commercial airline, to the following destinations - New York, Edinburgh, Boston, and London Heathrow. Each of these were return flights originating from Dublin. I also travelled on a single flight from Cork to Dublin.

In addition, I undertook five EU business trips via Government Jet, on return flights from Baldonnel, to the following destinations - Brussels, Lisbon, Helsinki, Luxembourg and Villach in Austria.

Finally, one domestic business trip was made via helicopter, on a return flight from Dublin to Co. Roscommon.

 

Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs

March 2006:
Dublin - London Heathrow - Bangkok - Auckland
Auckland - Tauranga - Wellington - Christchurch - Auckland
Auckland - Bangkok - London Heathrow - Dublin

April 2006:
Indreabhán - Inis Meáin - Indreabhán
Inis Meáin - Indreabhán

May 2006:
Dublin - Manchester - Dublin
Indreabhán - Inis Oírr - Indreabhán
Indreabhán – Inis Meáin – Indreabhán
Donegal - Dublin

July 2006:
Dublin - East Midlands Airport - Dublin

August 2006:
Dublin - JFK – Chicago – Dublin

January 2007:
Shannon - London
London - Shannon

 

Minister for Arts, Sports, and Tourism (Mr. O'Donoghue)

distance involved - taken by me during 2006 using commercial airlines are set out below.
2006 JOURNEY FLIGHT DETAILS
Tues Jan 3 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Wed Jan 4 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Sun Jan 15 Dublin to Frankfurt Commercial
Sun Jan 15 Frankfurt to Bangalore Commercial
Wed Jan 18 Bangalore to New Delhi Commercial
Fri Jan 20 New Delhi to Mumbai Commercial
Thurs Jan 22 Mumbai to New Delhi Commercial
Tues Jan 24 Delhi to London Commercial
Tues Jan 24 London to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Jan 26 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Jan 30 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Feb 2 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Feb 6 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Feb 13 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Feb 20 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Feb 27 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Sun Mar 5 Cork to Dublin Commercial
Sun Mar 5 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Thurs Mar 9 Dublin to Sligo Commercial
Sat Mar 11 Dublin to Manchester Commercial
Fri Mar 17 Birmingham to Dublin Commercial
Tues Mar 21 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Mar 23 Dublin to Galway Commercial
Thurs Apr 6 Dublin to Liverpool Commercial
Sat Apr 8 Liverpool to Dublin Commercial
Tues Apr 11 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Wed Apr 12 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Sun Apr 16 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Apr 17 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Apr 24 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon May 4 Dublin to Cork Commercial
Thur May 11 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon May 15 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs May 25 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon May 29 Cork to Dublin Commercial
Fri June 2 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Tues June 6 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs June 8 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon June 12 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Fri June 16 Dublin to Cork Commercial
Mon June19 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Sat June 24 London to Cork Commercial
Mon June 26 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Fri Jul 7 Dublin to Frankfurt Commercial
Fri Jul 7 Frankfurt to Berlin Commercial
Tues Jul 11 Berlin to Dublin Commercial
Wed Jul 12 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Wed Jul 19 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Wed Jul 19 Dublin to Cork Commercial
Mon Jul 24 Cork to Dublin Commercial
Wed Jul 26 Knock to Dublin Commercial
Wed Jul 26 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Jul 31 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Tues Aug 22 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Aug 24 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Wed Aug 30 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Wed Aug 30 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Thurs Sept 7 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Fri Sept 8 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Sun Sept 10 Dublin to Cork Commercial
Mon Sept 11 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Wed Sept 13 Dublin to Cork Commercial
Thurs Sept 14 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Fri Sept 15 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Fri Sept 22 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Sept 25 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Sept 28 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Fri Sept 29 Cork to Paris Commercial
Mon Oct 2 Paris to Cork Commercial
Mon Oct 2 Cork to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Oct 5 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Oct 9 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Oct 12 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Oct 16 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Oct 19 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Oct 23 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Tues Oct 24 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Tues Oct 31 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Nov 2 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Fri Nov 3 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Mon Nov 6 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Tues Nov 7 Dublin to London Commercial
Wed Nov 8 London to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Nov 9 Dublin to Shannon Commercial
Thurs Nov 16 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Sun Nov 19 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Nov 23 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Sat Nov 25 Shannon to New York Commercial
Wed Nov 29 New York to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Dec 7 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Mon Dec 11 Kerry to Dublin Commercial
Thurs Dec 14 Dublin to Kerry Commercial
Tues Dec 19 Dublin to Kerry Commercial