Showing posts with label Irish Government transport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish Government transport. Show all posts

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