Garda ministerial drivers

 · Cabinet to lose ministerial Mercs and Garda drivers All but three members of the cabinet will have to supply their own cars in future – while former Taoisigh also .  · The data includes garda drivers of ministerial cars; in there were four crashes involving these drivers. Moved Permanently. The document has moved here.

The Fianna Fail Limerick TD said the move by the current Fine Gael-Labour government in March to dispense with garda ministerial drivers was “a populist gesture” which was false. In , the government abolished Garda drivers for cabinet members, with the exception of the taoiseach, tánaiste and minister for justice. However, when the current Coalition was formed, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney was granted a Garda driver. The Taoiseach and Tánaiste are the only Ministers to have State cars and Garda drivers. Those for other Cabinet members were ended in , to save money. Ministers now provide their own cars and.

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