Jet-setting civil servants took 500 flights

JET-SETTING civil servants at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETINI) took over 500 flights over the last two years trying to persuade people to create jobs here and boost the local economy.

Investment Minister Arlene Foster explained that there were 256 flights in 2010/11 and 262 in 2011/12 - a grand total of 518.

She made the revelation in response to table question by Green MLA Stephen Agnew.

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