Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Ministerial transport in Ireland not always eco-friendly!

The Irish Government consists of 15 cabinet minister and one non-cabinet minister with visiting rights at cabinet meetings.  Each is provided with a vehicle and two Garda drivers on a 24-7 basis  but not all vehicles are environmentally friendly.

The current fleet is:

Vehicle Make No. of Vehicles Minister Beneficiary CO2g/KM
Citroën C6 1 Children & Youth Affairs 311
Audi A6 1 Health & Children 240
Mercedes S320 1 Taoiseach 228
Volvo S80 1 Tourism, Culture & Sports 224
Audi A6 5 Tánaiste, Education & Skills
Justice & Law Reform
Transport & Marine
Social Protection
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
223
Mercedes E320 1 Finance 194
Lexus GS 450h 2 Defence
Community, Equality & Gaelteacht Affairs
186
BMW 520 2 Enterprise, Trade & Innovation
Foreign Affairs
165
Toyota Prius 2 Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
104

The running cost of the ministerial transport service was:

 

2008 2009
Salaries of drivers 3,006,781 2,764,119
Fuel    147,695    127,254
Maintenance     86,773      98,541
Purchases   367,277          NIL
TOTAL 3,608,526 2,989,914

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