Written Answers. - Wood Quay (Dublin) Excavation. – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Tuesday, 21 Nov 1978

Mr. E. Collins

asked the Minister for Education if he will state, in the light of the recent Government decision to allow a full excavation of the Wood Quay site, the moneys he intends to provide from his Vote for a full excavation and evaluation of this national monument; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

206.

Mr. E. Collins

asked the Minister for Education the amount of money being provided for the full excavation of the Wood Quay site; the number of qualified staff engaged or to be engaged in the project; the likely length of time anticipated for this work; if the final report on the excavation works will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson)

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together.

An amount of £89,000 has already been voted in the current financial year for archaeological excavations by the National Museum, £85,000 of which was intended for the Wood Quay excavation. I propose to introduce a Supplementary Estimate in due course for a further amount of £62,000 for the current financial year. The required provision in any subsequent financial year is a matter to be determined in the context of the preparation of the Estimates for the Public Service for that year.

There are 19 professional assistants and 41 labourers engaged on the excavation of the Wood Quay site by the National Museum at present, under the supervision of an officer of the museum's permanent staff, who is fulltime on this work.

As the portion of the site which is being excavated has been declared a national monument the joint consent of the Commissioners of Public Works and of the Dublin Corporation to the excavation work being done is required in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the National Monuments Act, 1930. The present position in that regard is that, as announced some time ago, the commissioners and corporation have jointly consented to allow the period up to 9 December 1978 for excavation pending final decision by the Government on the future of the site. The National Museum proposes to continue with the excavation work for the duration of the period authorised.

357.

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
				£	£
27-29/12/77	London	D. Nally, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach,F. Dunlop, Government Press Secretary,B. McCarthy, Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach,B. Lynch, Press Officer, GIS.	Meeting with British Prime Minister (Mr. Callaghan) on Northern Ireland situation	425.87	1,310.32
4-6/12/77	Brussels	D. Nally, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach,F. Dunlop, Government Press Secretary,W. Kirwan, Department of the Taoiseach,B. McCarthy, Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach,	Meeting of EEC Heads of Government	407.75	1,401.61
6-9/4/78	Copenhagen	D. Nally, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach,F. Dunlop, Government Press Secretary,W. Kirwan, Principal, Department of the TaoiseachB. McCarthy, Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach	Meeting of EEC Heads of Government	417.81	2,762.17
23-27/5/78	United States (New York, Washington)	D. Nally, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach,F. Dunlop, Government Press Secretary,B. McCarthy, Assistant Private Secretary to the Taoiseach.	Address to UN Special Session on disarmament and industry and tourism promotion. Also discussions with Speaker O'Neill and Senator E. Kennedy on Northern Ireland situation.	1,123.91	3,783.14
5-7/7/78	Bremen	D. Nally, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach,H. Dowd, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, F. Dunlop, Government Press Secretary, R. Stokes, Principals, W. Kirwan Department of the Taoiseach,	Meeting with EEC Heads of Government	200.00	1,477.80
10-13/8/78	Rome	H. Dowd, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, R. A. Hinchy, Assistant Director, GIS	Funeral of Pope Paul VI	400.01	1,388.07

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)				(f)
				Minister	Officials	Total Cost
Date	Destination	Accompanied by	Purpose of Visit	Gross Cost	Refund	Net Cost	Gross Cost	Refund	Net Cost
				£	£	£	£	£	£	£
18 July 1977	Brussels	Secretary and two other officials	EEC Finance Council Meeting	130.60	118.26	12.34	367.72	354.93	12.79	25.13
19 Sept. 1977	Brussels	Secretary and two officials	EEC Finance Council Meeting	118.16	119.84	1.68 (gain)	367.69	359.52	8.17	6.49
20 Sept.-4 Oct. 1977	Washington	Mrs. Colley and three officials	IMF Meeting	1,290.47	603.37	687.10	4,485.44	1,800.74	2,684.70	3,371.80
16-17 Oct. 1977	Brussels	Secretary and one official	EEC Finance Council Meeting	149.64	107.32	42.32	389.25	214.47	174.78	217.10
14 Nov. 1977	Brussels	—	EEC Finance Council Meeting	14.76	—	14.76	—	—	—	14.76
20-22 Nov. 1977	Brussels	Secretary and two officials	EEC Finance Council Meeting	198.67	113.15	85.52	543.69	339.45	204.24	289.76
19 Dec. 1977	Brussels	Secretary	EEC Finance Council Meeting	123.78	116.67	7.11	129.42	116.67	12.75	19.86
13-21 March 1978	Canada	Mrs. Colley and one official	IDA/CTT Promotion	1,301.85	—	1,301.85	1,738.71	—	1,738.71	3,040.56
26 April-4 May, 1978	Mexico	Secretary	IMF Meeting	1,166.85	—	1,166.85	1,251.36	—	1,251.36	2,418.21
19 June 1978	Luxembourg	—	EEC Finance Council Meeting	19.28	—	19.28	—	—	—	19.28
23-24 July 1978	Brussels	Secretary and one official	EEC Finance Council Meeting	171.43	133.60	37.83	350.94	347.12	3.82	41.65
17-18 Sept. 1978	Brussels	Secretary and one official	EEC Finance Council Meeting	171.39	137.62	33.47	361.98	276.62	85.36	118.93

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)				(f)
				Minister of State	Accompanying officers	Total Cost
Date	Destination	Accompanied by	Purpose of Visit	Gross Cost	Refund	Net Cost	Gross Cost	Refund	Net Cost	of visit
				£	£	£	£	£	£	£
19-21/7/77	Brussels	Three Officials	EEC Budget Council Meeting	207.74	113.00	94.74	508.58	358.93	149.65	244.39
6-7/11/77	Brussels	Two Officials	EEC Con- ciliation Com- mittee Meeting	168.23	124.86	43.37	328.62	249.72	78.90	122.27
2-3/4/78	Luxembourg	Two Officials	Joint Finance/ Foreign Affairs Council Meeting	256.02	144.17	111.85	366.38	288.34	78.04	189.89
4-21/9/78	USA	Two Officials	Discussions with Personnel in the National Park services plus park visits	—	—	1,650.00 (Estimated)		—	4,300.00 (Estimated)	5,950.00 (Estimated)
						1,899.96				6,506.66

6 (a) (b)	(c) (d)	(e)	(f)
Dates of Visits and destinations	Officers who accompanied the Minister and purpose of the visits	Cost to public funds in respect of Minister	Total cost to public funds
		£	£
18 July 1977— London	The Minister was unaccompanied. He met representatives of the Iraqi Govern- ment in connection with visit to Iraq in May 1978 referred to below.	56.05	56.05
20-21 November 1977— Paris	A Principal Officer accompanied the Minister. The visit was to attend a meet- ing of the Committee of European Co- operation on Drug Abuse.	175.84	357.62
12-13 December 1977— Brussels	The Secretary of the Department, an Assistant Secretary, a Deputy Chief Medical Adviser and an Assistant Principal Officer accompanied the Minister. The meeting was of Ministers for Health in the EEC.	130.29	308.85
28 April-5 May 1978— Iraq	The Secretary of the Department, an Assistant Secretary, a Deputy Chief Medical Adviser and an Assistant Principal Officer accompanied the Minister. Also in the party were the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education of the R.C.P.I., an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Education and a Counsellor in the Department of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the visit was for dis- cussions connected with the identification of areas in the health field generally and particularly in the sphere of medical, para-medical and nursing education and training in which arrangements for mutual co-operation between Iraq and Ireland might be developed.	155.42	480.16
5-9 May 1978— Geneva	The Minister attended a number of sessions of the World Health Organisation Assembly in Geneva. The Department is always represented at the Assembly and the delegate who was present during the Minister's attendance was not, strictly speaking, accompanying the Minister.	458.44	458.44

	(g)	(h)
	Cost to public funds in respect of Minister	Total cost to public funds
	£	£
The cumulative total cost to public funds in respect of the Minister (g) and the cumulative total cost to public funds of all visit (h).	976.04	1,661.12

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
Date	Destination	By whom accompanied	Purpose of visit	Cost in respect of Minister	Total cost of visit
				£	£
1. 17-19/7/77	Brussels	Mr. C.D. Ryan Deputy SecretaryDr. F.A. Gibson Inspector and Scientific AdvisorMr. J. Keohane Assistant Principal Officer	Fisheries Council	378	1,160
2. 20-22/9/77	Bonn and The Hague	Mr. A.W. Duggan, SecretaryMr. C.D. RyanDr. F.A. Gibson	Meetings with the German and Dutch Ministers for Fisheries	169	843
3. 26-27/9/77	Brussels	Mr. C.D. Ryan	Fisheries Council	324	629
4. 29-30/9/77	Paris	Mr. A.W. DugganMr. C.D. RyanDr. F.A. Gibson	Discussion with French Minister for Fisheries	138	688
5. 23-26/10/77	Brussels and Luxembourg	Mr. A.W. DugganMr. C.D. RyanMr. P. Kerin Principal OfficerDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	423	2,051
6. 2-7/12/77	(a) London	(a)	(a) Meeting with British Minister for Fisheries	480	2,501
	(b) Brussels	(b)Mr. A.W. DugganMr. C.D. RyanMr. P. KerinDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	(b) Fisheries Council
7. 16-18/1/78	Brussels	Mr. A.W. DugganMr. C.D. RyanMr. P. KerinDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	380	1,838
8. 26-31/1/78	Brussels and Berlin	Mr. C. RyanMr. P. KerinMr. J. O'Mahoney Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture (Brussels only)	Fisheries Council	527	2,013
9. 12-13/3/78	Brussels	Mr. C.D. Ryan	Visit with Mr. Gundelach Vice-President of the Commission	327	807
10. 2-4/4/78	Brussels and Luxembourg	Mr. C.D. RyanMr. P. KerinDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	414	2,020
11. 23-25/4/78	Luxembourg	Mr. C.D. RyanMr. P. KerinDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	234	1,303
12. 10-14/7/78	Madrid and Vigo, Spain	Mr. C.D. Ryan	Informal meeting with Spanish Minister for Fisheries and with Fishing concerns	234	703
13. 23-25/7/78	Brussels	Mr. C.D. RyanDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	459	1,571
14. 25-26/9/78	Brussels	Mr. C.D. RyanMr. P. KerinDr. F.A. GibsonMr. J. Keohane	Fisheries Council	356	1,461
15. 14-23/10/78	Jakarta Indonesia	Mr. A.W. DugganMr. T. McEvoy (Chief Inspector)	8th World Forestry Congress	1,290	5,160
16. 5-6/11/78	Brussels	Mr. C.D. RyanMr. P. Kerin	Meeting with Mr. Gundelach Vice-President of the Commission	354	1,076
17. 9-10/11/78	Bonn	Mr. C.D. RyanMr. P. Kerin	Meeting with German Minister for Agriculture	205	821

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)
Date	Destination(s)	Accompanied by	Purpose of visit	Total Cost (Minister)	Total Cost (each visit)	Cumulative total cost (Minister)	Cumulative total cost (each visit)
26/10/77 -28/10/77	Luxembourg	Two officials of the Department of Tourism and Transport	EEC Council of Transport Ministers Meeting	£378.19	£581.84
5/12/77 -6/12/77	Paris	,,	European Conference of Ministers of Transport	£212.11	£656.06
20/12/77 -21/12/77	Brussels	Two officials of the Department of Tourism and Transport	EEC Council of Transport Ministers	£160.74	£324.38
19/1/78 -21/1/78	Paris/ London	An official of the Department of Tourism and Transport	(1) Official Opening of Aer Lingus Office	£54.68	£69.28
			(2) Aer Lingus Agents Conference
12/2/78 -14/2/78	London	,,	Tourism Promotion Campaign	£55.16	£89.03
30/5/78 -3/6/78	Brussels	Mrs. Faulkner and two officials of the Department of Tourism and Transport	European Conference of Ministers of Transport	£335.38	£1,105.68
11/6/78 -13/6/78	Luxembourg	Two officials of the Department of Tourism and Transport	EEC Council of Transport Ministers	£197.24	£540.80
19/7/78 -20/7/78	London/ Newcastle/ Brussels	Two officials of the Department of Tourism and Transport	Inspection of certain transport undertakings	£50.15	£178.65
2/9/78 -5/9/78	Rome	Mrs. Faulkner	Inauguration of Pope John Paul 1	£129.46 (Subsistence Only)	£201.98 (Subsistence only)	£1,573.11	£3,747.70

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
Date of Visits	Destinations	By whom Accompanied	Purpose of Visits	Cost to public funds in respect of Minister of State	Total cost of visits to public funds	Net cost to public funds
				£	£
22 and 23 November 1977.	Luxembourg	Three officers of the Department of Labour.	Representing the Minister of Labour at the Mines Safety and Health Commission Congress.	435.87	1,207.87	All costs will be borne by Department of Labour.
12 May 1978	Brussels	One officer of the Department of Labour.	Representing the Minister of Labour at a meeting of the EEC Standing Committee on Employment	117.90	289.05	All costs borne initially by Department of Labour but portion of costs will be recouped by EEC.
22 May 1978	Brussels	The Secretary, Department of Finance.	Representing the Minister for Finance at EEC Finance Council meeting.	117.90	253.55	All costs borne initially by Department of Finance but portion of costs will be recouped by EEC.
9 to 17 June, 1978.	Canada	One officer of the Department of Tourism and Transport and one officer of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.	Tourism promotion, attendance at International Philatelic Exhibition at Toronto and study of Canadian telephone exchanges and installations.	359.00	1,423.60	Costs to be shared between Department of Tourism and Transport, Department of Posts and Telegraphs and Bord Fáilte. Exact apportion- ment not yet decided.
Cumulative Total Costs (g) and (h)				1,030.67	3,174.07

				Total cost to Public Funds in respect of
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
Date(s)	Destination(s)	Accompanied by	Purpose	Minister	Visit
				£	£
18-20 July '77	Brussels	4 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting.	140.32	307.68
11-14 Sept. '77	Brussels	1 Civil Servant (on 13/9/77 only)	EEC Agriculture Ministers Meeting	64.58	69.19
26-27 Sept '77	Brussels	4 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	265.08	466.92
10-11 Oct. '77	Luxembourg	3 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	287.28	458.69
7-8 Nov. '77	Brussels	3 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	174.04	283.88
14-18 Nov. '77	Rome	4 Civil Servants	F.A.O. Conference	1122.88	2010.02
23-29 Nov. '77	Martinique	Mrs. Gibbons & 1 Civil Servant	EEC Agricultural Ministers Meeting	—	261.88
12-13 Dec. '77	Brussels	8 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	80.26	459.86
23-28 Jan. '78	Brussels Berlin	6 Civil Servants 1 Civil Servant	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting/ International Green Week	409.99	918.51
13-14 Feb. '78	Brussels	3 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	250.52	371.24
6-7 March '78	Brussels	6 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	251.40	584.54
4-5 April '78	Luxembourg	10 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	504.94	1,594.92
18-21 April '78	Paris	1 Civil Servant	View the French Lamb Market	970.30	1,284.72
24-27 April '78	Luxembourg	8 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	668.42	1,820.35
8-12 May '78	Brussels	7 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	237.70	1,258.32
19-23 June '78	Luxembourg	5 Civil Servants	EEC Council of	484.70	1,080.31
			Ministers Meeting
	Edinburgh	1 Civil Servant	Royal Highland Show
28 June-1 July '78	Denmark	2 Civil Servants	Meeting of EEC Agricultural Ministers	310.56	641.00
24-25 July '78	Brussels	3 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	19.89	180.57
3-19 Sept. '78	New Zealand	1 Civil Servant	View the Beef and Dairy Industries	2,042.87	3,852.69
25-26 Sept. '78	Brussels	5 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	12.21	298.18
22-25 Oct. '78	W. Germany	Mrs. Gibbons and 2 Civil Servants	Meeting of EEC Agricultural Ministers	259.48	847.59
30-31 Oct. '78	Luxembourg	5 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Minister Meeting	62.91	469.81
20-21 Nov. '78	Brussels	3 Civil Servants	EEC Council of Ministers Meeting	25.00 (Est.)	160.00 (Est.)

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)
				£	£	£	£
24/10/77to28/10/77	Malta	Rúnaí na Roinne Rúnaí Aire	Council of Europe Colloquy.	459	1,270
12/4/78to16/4/78	U.S.A.	Rúnaí na Roinne O/C Aer Cór	Ceremonies to mark 50th anniversary of flight of the “Bremen”.	219	908
12/5/78to13/5/78	Rome	—	Representing Government at funeral services for the former Italian Premier, Aldo Moro.	343	343
2/10/78to16/10/78	Middle East and Cyprus	Rúnaí na Roinne Ceann Foirne Oifigeach Pearsanta don Ceann Foirne	To visit members of the Defence Forces serving with the United Nations.	2,640 Est.	7,180 Est.	3,661 Est.	9,701 Est.

Date	Destination	Accompanied By	Purpose of Visit	Total Cost Re Minister	Total Cost of Each Visit
				£	£
9-12/9/77	Cologne		C.T.T. visit to Anuga Food Fair in Cologne.	94.24	94.24
20-21/9/77	Brussels	Two Departmental Officials	Meeting Commissioners Vouel and D'Avignon.	379.90	682.33
1-9/10/77	U.S.A.	One Departmental Official	I.D.A. Promotional visit to U.S.	403.93	408.23
24-25/10/77	Luxembourg	Two Departmental Officials	EEC Energy Council Meeting.	208.19	372.95
9-14/11/77	U.S.A.	Mrs. O'Malley	Industrial promotional visit to U.S.	231.09	308.07
16-17/11/77	Brussels	Two Departmental Officials	EEC Commission Meeting.	251.07	558.82
29/11-1/12/77	Paris	Two Departmental Officials	Opening I.D.A. Office in Paris.	44.65	78.13
12-15/12/77	Brussels, London	Two Departmental Officials	EEC Energy Council meeting in Brussels. I.D.A. Promotional visit to London.	189.71	245.33
3-10/2/78	U.S.A.	Mrs. O'Malley	I.D.A. Promotional visit to Washington.	910.12	1,008.22
21-24/5/78	Germany, Basle	Two Departmental Officials	I.D.A. promotion in Germany. Inter Idex Fair in Basle.	96.72	174.26
15-19/6/78	Genoa	Two Departmental Officials	International Congress on Solar Energy.	365.83	1,027.18
22/9-1/10/78	Japan	One Departmental Official	I.D.A. - C.T.T. Promotional visit to Japan.	367.22	1,010.79
19-31/10/78	Various centres U.S.A., Europe	Mrs. O'Malley	I.D.A.-C.T.T. Promotional visit in U.S., EEC Council meeting in Luxembourg.	353.24	462.42
			Insurance Payments	169.80	169.80
See Note (A)				4,065.71	6,600.77
Mrs. M. Geoghegan-Quinn, Minister of State
22-25/25/5/78	Brussels	Two Departmental Officials	Official visit to EEC Commission	623.12	1,103.16
			Insurance Payment	50.00	50.00
				673.12	1,153.16
Mr. R. Burke, Minister of State
16-17/1/78	Brussels	One Departmental Official	EEC Council of Foreign Ministers.	125.69	280.41
16-21/3/78	Jersey and London	—	Official visit to Jersey and to C.T.T. Office in London.	138.69	138.69
3-4/4/78	Brussels	—	EEC Council of Foreign Ministers.	230.16	230.16
15-21/4/78	Tokyo	—	C.T.T. Trade Mission to Japan.	267.60	267.60
1-2/5/78	Brussels	—	EEC Council of Foreign Ministers.	114.48	114.48
29-30/5/78	Brussels	One Departmental Official	EEC Council of Energy Ministers.	138.07	178.19
6-8/6/78	Paris	One Departmental Official	I.D.A. Promotional Visit	48.71	85.15
24-25/7/78	Brussels	—	EEC Council of Foreign Ministers.	110.70	110.70
			Insurance Payments	100.00	100.00
See Note (B)				1,274.10	1,505.38
			Cumulative total cost of all visits		9,259.31

Dáta	Na háiteanna ar tugadh cuairt orthu	Na daoine a bhí ar an turas leis an an Aire	Na hócáidí	An costas ar an Roinn
13/14 Deireadh Fómhair 1977	Londain	Ní raibh aon duine leis	Dinnéar bliantúil Chumann Acla	76
27/28 Deireadh Fómhair 1977	Londain	,,	Dinnéar bliantúil Chumann Chathair na Mart	76
18/20 Samhain 1977	Londain	,,	Dinnéar bliantúil Chumann Bhaile Chruaich	90
10-11 Márta 1978	Birmingham	,,	Dinnéar bliantúil Mhuintir Mhaigh Eo	91
				333
13-20 Meán Fómhair 1978	Milan, Veinéis, Dusseldorf	Rúnaí na Roinne (Ní áirítear ionadaithe Ghaeltarra Éireann)	Cabhrú le Gaeltarra Éireann chun tionscail a fháil	Níl cuntas críochnaitheach ar fáil go fóill

Dates	Destination/ Destinations	Accompanied by	Purpose of visit	Cost to public funds of Minister's visit	Total cost to public funds of visit
				£	£
21/9/77 - 25/9/77	Vienna	Two officials	Family Law Conference	585.09	1,383.48
13/3/78 - 23/3/78	1. New Orleans	Mrs. Collins	1. St. Patricks Day Promotions in New Orleans	*2,252.11	3,386.78
	2. Dallas		2. Promotional visit to Dallas at invitation of IDA
19/6/78 - 24/6/78	Copenhagen	One official	11th Conference of Ministers for Justice of the Council of Europe	776.55	1334.11
8/10/78 - 11/10/78	Luxembourg	Four officials	1. EEC Council meeting2. Meeting of EEC Ministers for Justice	512.89	1,655.37
Cumulative total cost to public funds in respect of Minister	4,126.64
Cumulative total cost to public funds of all visits		7,759.74

(a) Dates covered	4-6 Oct. '77	13-30 Oct. '77	11-13 Dec. '77	29-31 May '78	6-11 Sept. '78	4-9 Oct. '78
(b) Destination(s)	Paris	Tokyo, Lisbon	Brussels	Brussels	Stockholm	Vienna
(c) Accompanied by	Private Secretary	Secretary, Chief Engineering Adviser, Private Secretary	Assistant Secretary, Assistant Chief Engineering Adviser, Principal Officer	Assistant Secretary, Assistant Chief Engineering Adviser, Principal Officer	Assistant Secretary, Private Secretary	Secretary, Private Secretary
(d) Purpose of visit	Meeting of Governing Body of International Energy Agency	8th International Road Federation Meeting Con- ference of Euro- pean Ministers for Local Gov- ernment	EEC Council of Environment Ministers	EEC Council of Environment Ministers	3rd Conference of European Ministers of Local Government	Conference of Ministers of Regional Planning
(e) Total cost to public funds in respect of Minister	£260.40	£2,595.16	£87.85	£101.84	*£479	*£592.34
(f) Total cost to public funds of visit	£509.21	£9,642.47	£438.48	£509.09	*£1363.75	*£1523.31

(a) Date covered	8-26 September, 1978
(b) Destination(s)	San Francisco, Chicago, New York
(c) Accompanied by	Principal Officer, Private Secretary, Chairman of Irish Water Safety Association.
(d) Purpose of Visit	(1) To examine arrangements for water safety;
	(2) to study admin- istration aspects of environmental pollution control.
(e) Total cost to public funds in respect of Minister of State	£1,398.50*
(f) Total cost to public funds of visit	£4,549.00*
(g) Cumulative cost to public funds in respect of Minister of State.	£1,398.50

Duration of visit	Destination	Purpose of visit	By whom accompanied	Gross costs met from Vote for Labour (c)
				Minister	Others	Total
(1) 20/21 Sept. 1977	Brussels	Meetings with Commissioners Burke and Vredeling	Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Labour Private Secretary to Minister	282	468	750
(2) 19 Oct. 1977	London	Meetings with Secretaries of State for Transport & Employment	An Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Labour	69	65	134
(3) 14/17 Dec. 1977	Paris	OECD Conference on Youth Employment	Secretary and an Assistant Principal, Dept. of Labour	339	460	799
(4) 17/26 June, 1978	Geneva	Annual Conference, Inter- national Labour Organisation	Special Assistant to Minister, Private Secretary to Minister (a)	1,355	958	2,313
(5) 28/30 June, 1978	Luxembourg	Meeting of EEC Council of Ministers of Social Affairs.	Special Assistant to Minister, An Assistant Secretary and a Principal Officer, Dept. of Labour.	453	671	1,124
(6) 21/22 Sept. 1978	Frankfurt	Meeting of Social Affairs Ministers of EEC Member States.	An Assistant Secretary and a Principal Officer, Dept. of Labour	257	420	677 (b)
(7) 21/24 Oct. 1978	Rome	Representing Government at Inauguration of Pope John Paul II	Wife of Minister	300	250	550 (e)
(8) 8/9 Nov. 1978	Brussels	EEC Tripartite Conference	Special Assistant to Minister, Private Secretary to Minister, An Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Labour.	261	592	853 (e)
			Totals:	3,316	3,884	7,200

Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 21 Nov 1978

Written Answers. - Wood Quay (Dublin) Excavation.

Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Nov 1978