asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate in respect of the official trips he has made abroad since the 14th March, 1973, the date, purpose, destination and cost of each trip.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Minister's Trips Abroad.
23.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report a statement giving the information requested.
Following is the statement:
VISITS abroad of Minister for Foreign Affairs from 14/3/73
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Date |
Destination |
Purpose of Visit |
Cost |
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£ |
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15/3/73 to |
London |
Meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary. |
91.72 |
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16/3/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Nine |
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31/3/73 to 5/4/73 |
Luxembourg |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
169.85 |
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11/5/73 to 16/5/73 |
LondonBrussels |
Congress of EuropeMeeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
215.74 |
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31/5/73 |
Paris |
Meeting of OECD Ministerial Council |
706.12 |
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11/6/73 |
Meeting of Governors of Atlantic InstituteOfficial opening of “Aos Og” Exhibition |
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Luxembourg |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
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London |
Meeting with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
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22/6/73 to 28/6/73 |
Luxembourg |
Meeting with Foreign MinisterMeeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
191.53 |
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London |
Address to Royal Institute of International Affairs |
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2/7/73 to 12/7/73 |
Helsinki |
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
536.22 |
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21/7/73 |
Copenhagan |
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Nine |
149.73 |
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26/7/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs)Inauguration of negotiations with Associated and Associable States |
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9/9/73 to 14/9/73 |
CopenhaganRome |
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the NineMeetings on Regional Policy with Foreign Minister and Minister for Special Investments for the Mezzogiorno. |
341.62 |
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Luxembourg |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Foreign Minister |
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Bonn |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Foreign Minister |
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Brussels |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Commissioner Thompson |
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17/9/73 to 21/9/73 |
London |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster |
53.38 |
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The Hague |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. |
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Paris |
Meeting on Regional Policy with Foreign Minister. |
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Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
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Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Budget) |
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22/9/73 to 9/10/73 |
New York |
General Assembly of the United NationsAddress to the US/Ireland Council for Commerce and Industry |
797.55 |
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Address to N.U.I. Graduates Club |
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Boston |
Address to Eire Society |
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Address to Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
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14/10/73 to 17/10/73 |
LuxembourgBrussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs)Negotiating Meeting with Associate and Associable States |
109.98 |
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4/11/73 to 8/11/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Development Co-operation)Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
64.38 |
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London |
Address to US Correspondents |
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Oxford |
Address to Oxford Union |
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18/11/73 to 20/11/73 |
BrusselsCopenhagan |
Launching of Community Diary and YearbookMeeting of Foreign Ministers of the Nine |
189.09 |
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29/11/73 to 30/11/73 |
London |
Meeting with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
40.17 |
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3/12/73 to 4/12/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
13.69 |
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5/12/73 to 9/12/73 |
Sunningdale |
Tripartite Talks. |
30.81 |
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10/12/73 to 13/12/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Nine with U.S. Secretary of State |
108.27 |
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Chairmanship of Conference on Trade and Industry |
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Strasbourg |
Acting for President of Council of Ministers at European Parliament Session |
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Launching of European Community Diary and Yearbook |
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13/12/73 or 19/12/73 |
Copenhagan |
Summit Meeting of Heads of State or Government and Foreign Ministers |
338.47 |
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19/12/73 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
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9/1/74 |
Brussels |
Meeting with EEC Commission President on Regional Policy |
76.24 |
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13/1/74 to 15/1/74 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
26.24 |
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17/1/74 |
London |
Meeting with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
35.41 |
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23/1/74 to 25/1/74 |
Strasbourg |
Meeting of Council of Europe Ministerial Council |
146.70 |
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30/1/74 to 31/1/74 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
24.23 |
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3/2/74 to 5/2/74 |
Brussels |
Meeting of Council (Foreign Affairs) |
46.57 |
NOTE: Travel fares for attendance at the United Nations General Assembly Session and at meetings of the Council of the European Communities are borne by the respective organisations.
Could the Minister tell us on how many occasions he travelled as a guest of other nations? Could the Minister specify the occasions?
As a guest?
A Deputy
They let you have Home's jet.
I am afraid that is a separate question. I do not want to delay the House by going through the list. My impression is that I have not done so at all but I would like to go through the list to make sure. Perhaps the Deputy had better put down a separate question.
I asked the Minister to state the purpose, destination and cost of each trip. If there is no cost he could indicate the occasions on which he travelled by courtesy of other Governments.
There was no trip with no cost. I have not, as far as I can recall, been the guest of any country at any location. There have been several occasions when I have had the advantage of travelling with Ministers in their planes in the case of Belgium, France and the United Kingdom but——
Did they charge the Minister?
——not as a guest at any place.
No. 24.
If the Minister did not pay and he was not a guest, in what capacity did he travel?
A Deputy
A stowaway.
The Deputy did not hear me. I said there was no case where there was no payment. In every instance we have had to pay. That shows that we were not anybody's guests.