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— village November - December 2009
Aerominister
JACKET OFF ready
for business
SQUARE JAW this
man has it all
NO DRINK
too busy
HEART loyal to country,
the common good, the
affl icted, his party –
in that order
READING Bowling Alone.
He reads it every day. He is
progressive. He off sets his
carbon
SEAT doesn’t care whether
it’s leather, reclinable, like
that one he saw in The
Economist etc
COMPUTER he is
multi-tasking
BLUE SKY it’s
always sunny for our
Minister
NO-ONE wife stayed
at home. Doesn’t need
administrative support
HEAD full of thoughts about
trade delegations, not just
constituents’ names and
whether he’ll be met by a Merc
or a Beemer
PLANE only when
it’s too far to cycle
EYES OPEN This man
seldom sleeps
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Expenses
Use of government jet - fi rst half, 2008. The government jet costs €7890 per hour in fl ight.
Date Return Date Min. Time Route Minister
On Board
1/11/2008 1/12/2008 430 Baldonnel - Valleta (Luqa)-Baldonnel Tanaiste
1/17/2008 1/17/2008 300 Baldonnel -Larnaca -Baldonnel Tanaiste
1/18/2008 1/18/2008 60 Baldonnel - London Heathrow - Dublin -Baldonnel An Taoiseach
1/19/2008 1/19/2008 345 Baldonnel -Larnaca -Baldonnel Tanaiste
1/21/2008 1/22/2008 180 Baldonnel - Brussels -Baldonnel Tanaiste
1/24/2008 1/26/2008 310 Baldonnel- Ljubljana - Baldonnel Justice, Equality and Law Reform
1/28/2008 1/28/2008 180 Baldonnel - Brussels -Baldonnel Foreign Affairs
2/1/2008 2/7/2008 1385 Baldonnel-Bangor-Prescott-Las Vegas-Phoenix-Houston-Washington-Baldonnel Health
2/10/2008 2/10/2008 90 Baldonnel -Dublin-Manchester-Dublin-Baldonnel An Taoiseach
2/11/2008 2/12/2008 180 Baldonnel -Brussels -Baldonnel Tanaiste
2/8/2008 2/8/2008 40 Baldonnel-Cork-Dublin -Baldonnel An Taoiseach
2/18/2008 2/22/2008 2190 Brussels - Dubai -Kuala Lumpur-Dili-Darwin-Dili-Kuala Lumpur- Bahrain-Baldonnel Foreign Affairs
2/13/2008 2/13/2008 190 Baldonnel -Paris -Baldonnel Defence
2/17/2008 2/17/2008 90 Baldonnel - Derry - Baldonnel Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
2/13/2008 2/13/2008 90 Baldonnel-Brussels-Baldonnel MOS Education & Science
2/26/2008 2/28/2008 445 Baldonnel-Dublin-Ljubljana-Vienna-Warsaw-Dublin-Baldonnel An Taoiseach
3/4/2008 3/6/2008 370 Baldonnel-Shannon-Sarajevo-Shannon-Baldonnel Defence
3/16/2008 3/18/2008 925 Baldonnel-Dublin-Scranton, Pennsylvania-Washington-Dublin-Washington An Taoiseach
3/27/2008 3/29/2008 385 Baldonnel-Shannon-Budapest-Baldonnel Justice Equality & Law Reform
4/16/2008 4/18/2008 195 Baldonnel - Northolt - Edinburgh - Cork - Baldonnel Enterprise Trade and Employment
4/10/2008 4/10/2008 80 Baldonnel - Dublin - Belfast City - Dublin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach
4/14/2008 4/14/2008 225 Baldonnel - Derry - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
4/15/2008 4/15/2008 90 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel MOS Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
4/23/2008 4/24/2008 490 Baldonnel - Pristina - Skopje - Pristina - Vienna - Shannon - Baldonnel Defence
4/18/2008 4/18/2008 40 Baldonnel - Dublin - Cork -Baldonnel MOS Enterprise Trade and Emp.
4/25/2008 25/042008 80 Baldonnel - Dublin - Derry - Dublin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach
4/29/2008 5/2/2008 890 Baldonnel - Washington - Boston - Dublin - Baldonnel An Taoiseach,
Foreign Affairs & Transport
5/8/2008 5/8/2008 120 Baldonnel - Belfast City Airport - Baldonnel - Cork - Baldonnel An Taoiseach & Foreign Affairs
5/25/2008 5/25/2008 105 Baldonnel - Shannon - Brussels - Baldonnel Defence
5/15/2008 5/17/2008 270 Baldonnel - Shannon - Madrid - Shannon - Baldonnel MOS Foreign Affairs
5/21/2008 5/21/2008 40 Baldonnel - Belfast City - Baldonnel Foreign Affairs
5/26/2008 5/26/2008 240 Baldonnel - Cork - Brussels - Shannon - Baldonnel Foreign Affairs
5/30/2008 5/30/2008 105 Baldonnel - Brussels - Knock - Baldonnel An Tanaiste/Enterprise Trade
& Employment
5/28/2008 5/28/2008 80 Baldonnel - Belfast City - Baldonnel Health
6/1/2008 6/3/2008 265 Baldonnel - Frankfurt - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Finance
6/4/2008 6/5/2008 210 Baldonnel - Rome(Ciampino) - Baldonnel Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
6/6/2008 06/062008 130 Baldonnel - Northolt - Stanstead - Cork - Baldonnel Foreign Affairs
6/16/2008 6/18/2008 780 Baldonnel - Shannon - N’Djamena - Shannon - Baldonnel Defence
6/19/2008 6/20/2008 180 Baldonnel - Brussels - Baldonnel An Taoiseach
6/26/2008 6/27/2008 330 Baldonnel - Tallin (Estonia) - Baldonnel Health
6/23/2008 6/24/2008 200 Baldonnel - Luxembourg - Baldonnel Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
total 11525 = €86.2 million
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