Question to the Minister for Health (Leo Varadkar, TD)
To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on ministerial drivers and associated travel expenses for each of the past four years; the way this compares to similar expenditure for the four years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Jerry Buttimer
For WRITTEN ANSWER on Tuesday, 20 January 2015.
REPLY
The information requested by the Deputy is detailed below.
| Year | Payroll- €000 | Subsistence- €000 | Minister Milage- €000 | Total- €000 |
| 2014 | 215 | 26 | 41 | 282 |
| 2013 | 207 | 27 | 58 | 292 |
| 2012 | 180 | 27 | 16 | 223 |
| 2011 | 171 | 22 | 47 | 240 |
| Year | Payroll- €000 | Subsistence- €000 | Minister Milage- €000 | Total- €000 |
| 2010 | 160 | 30 | 41 | 231 |
| 2009 | 266 | 44 | 78 | 388 |
| 2008 | 277 | 82 | 109 | 468 |
| 2007 | 221 | 36 | 87 | 344 |