22 March 2005

Defence

Mileage Expenses

Ciarán Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence 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 Defence: The amounts paid by my Department (including arrears in respect of previous years) by way of car mileage allowances and the total mileage claimed by civil and military personnel in 2004 are as follows:-

Amount Mileage

Civil Servants, Civilian Employees and Members of the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board Military: 
Amount = €0.231m     Mileage = 239,200

Permanent Defence Force (PDF) on normal duties: 
Amount = €0.224m     Mileage = 196,069

PDF attached to the Reserve:
Amount = €1.163m     Mileage = 1,178,288

Other PDF:
Amount = €0.402m     Mileage see note

Reserve Defence Force personnel 
Amount = €0.475m     Mileage see note.

Note: The mileage figures are not readily available for the last two categories mentioned because of the formats in which the relevant records are maintained, and the extraction of such information would involve an inordinate amount of staff time.