asked the Taoiseach in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey, and the purpose of each such journey.
Written Answers. - Official Visits Abroad.
348.
The following is the information requested by the Deputy in respect of official visits abroad by the Taoiseach and the Minister of State at his Department in the six month period to 31 December 1979. The number of such visits was four:
|
Date |
Destination |
Purpose |
Cost |
Accompanied by |
|
|
£ |
|||||
|
Taoiseach |
17/7-19/7/79 |
Strasbourg |
Inauguration of the |
349.43 |
Mrs. Lynch |
|
European Parliament as |
2 officials |
||||
|
President-in-Office of the |
|||||
|
European Council |
|||||
|
Minister of State |
20/7-21/7/79 |
Cambridge |
addressing the British Irish Association |
124.90 |
— |
|
Taoiseach |
4/9-5/9/79 |
London |
Funeral of Earl Mountbatten and talks with the British Prime Minister |
435.52 |
Mrs. Lynch 4 officials 1 A.D.C. |
|
Taoiseach |
7/11-15/11/79 |
U.S.A. |
Official visit at the |
11,272.73* |
Mrs. Lynch |
|
invitation of President |
5 officials |
||||
|
Carter |
1 A.D.C. |
Note (1): All amounts set out above have been paid out of the Vote for the Department of the Taoiseach;
Note (2): Officials from other Departments and security personnel also accompanied the Taoiseach and the Minister of State. Their expenses ha from their own Department's Votes;
*Note (3): As regards the U.S. visit, the cost shown is not final as certain accounts have yet to be processed;
Note (4): Two of the visits were undertaken on the Government's jet. Separate travel costings for these visits are not readily available.
349.
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey, and the purpose of each such journey.
The following is the information requested:
Minister for Foreign Affairs
|
Dates |
Destination |
Accompanied by |
Purpose of Visit |
Public Funds in Minister |
Total cost of Visit |
Cumulative Total cost for Minister |
Cumulative Total cost of Visit |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
|
(a) 29/6/79 to 3/7/79 |
Indonesia |
3 Civil Servants |
Foreign Ministers' Meeting: representing Foreign Affairs Council in discussions with ASEAN countries |
||||
|
399 |
4,761 |
399 |
4,761 |
||||
|
(a) 17/7/79 to 24/7/79 |
(a) Strasbourg(b) Geneva(c) Brussels |
Mrs. O'Kennedy1 Civil Servant |
(a) Inaugural session of European Parliament;(b) Foreign Ministers' meeting on South East Asian Refugees;(c) Foreign Affairs Council meeting |
573 |
1,793 |
972 |
6,554 |
|
(a) 27/8/79 to 1/9/79 |
Lisbon |
Mrs. O'Kennedy2 Civil Servants |
Representing Council ofMinisters in his capacity as President of the Council |
472 |
3,253 |
1,444 |
9,807 |
|
5/9/79 |
London |
2 Civil Servants |
Accompanying Taoiseach on hisvisit to the British PrimeMinister |
50 |
190 |
1,494 |
9,997 |
|
(a) 17/9/79 |
(a) Ankara(b) Brussels |
4 Civil Servants |
(a) Representing Council of Ministers in his capacity as President of the Council;(b) Foreign Affairs Council meeting |
529 |
4,054 |
2,023 |
14,051 |
|
(c)23/9/79to 28/9/79 |
New York |
Mrs. O'Kennedy |
34th UNGA Session |
226 |
2,173 |
2,249 |
16,224 |
|
4/10/79 to 5/10/79 |
London |
4 Civil Servants |
Meeting with British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs and Nothern Ireland |
300 |
540 |
2,549 |
16,764 |
|
14/10/79 |
London |
2 Civil Servants |
Negotiations, as President inoffice of Council of EuropeanCommunity with ACP countries |
370 |
505 |
2,919 |
17,269 |
|
(b) 22- 24/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
1 Civil Servant |
Development Council meeting and meeting of European Parliament |
176 |
302 |
3,095 |
17,571 |
|
(a)28/10/79 to 4/11/79 |
Luxembourg Lome and Lagos |
3 Civil Servants I.C.S. |
Foreign Affairs Council Meeting Signing of Lome Convention, discussions with Nigerian President and Ministers |
500 |
1,655 |
3,595 |
19,226 |
|
7- 16/11/79 |
U.S.A. |
Mrs. O'Kennedy Secretary, D.F.A. and Mrs. O'Rourke 1 Civil Servant |
Taoiseach's State Visit |
1,404 |
5,267 |
4,999 |
24,493 |
|
(b) 19- 20/11/79 |
Brussels |
21 Civil Servants |
Foreign Affairs Council meeting and Ministerial meeting in European Political Cooperation context, organised by Irish Presidency |
385 |
5,400 |
5,384 |
29,893 |
|
(b) 22- 24/11/79 |
Paris Strasbourg |
1 Civil Servant |
22nd and 23rd Council of Europe Committee of Ministers meetings Colloquy with members of European Parliament |
226 |
300 |
5,610 |
30,193 |
|
(b) 12 13/12/79 |
Strasbourg |
1 Civil Servant |
Attendance, as President in Office of Council, at European Parliament Part Session |
267 |
322 |
5,877 |
30,515 |
|
(b) 17- |
|||||||
|
19/12/79 |
Brussels |
2 Civil Servants |
Foreign Affairs Council |
241 |
458 |
6,118 |
30,973 |
(a) Cost excludes air travel for Minister as this was provided by or recoverable from the EEC.
(b) Official aircraft used for all or part of the journey. Expenditure excludes this as costings not yet available.
(c) Cost excludes air travel for Minister and four officials as this was paid by the United Nations.
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs
|
Dates |
Destination |
Accompanied by |
Purpose of Visit |
Public Funds in Minister |
Total cost of Visit |
Cumulative Total cost for Minister |
Cumulative Total cost of Visit |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
|
23-24/7/79 |
Brussels |
3 Civil Servants |
National delegate at Foreign |
||||
|
Affairs Council meeting |
250 |
1,292 |
250 |
1,292 |
|||
|
8-10/9/79 |
Brussels |
Mrs. Andrews |
Inaugural Sabena Airways flight Dublin to Brussels |
70 |
105 |
320 |
1,397 |
|
(a) 17-18/9/79 |
Brussels |
1 Civil Servant |
National delegate at Foreign Affairs Council meeting |
147 |
294 |
467 |
1,691 |
|
(a) 25-27/9/79 |
Strasbourg |
Mrs. Andrews and 3 Civil Servants |
Representing Presidency of Council at European Parliament |
146 |
547 |
613 |
2,238 |
|
(a) 9-11/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
2 Civil Servants |
Representing Presidency of Council at EEC/ACP Consultative Assembly |
520 |
767 |
1,133 |
3,005 |
|
(a) 15/10/79 (1 Day) |
Luxembourg |
— |
National delegate at Economic and Finance Council meeting |
23 |
23 |
1,156 |
3,028 |
|
22-23/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
1 Civil Servant |
National delegate at Develop- ment Council Meeting |
117 |
188 |
1,273 |
3,216 |
|
29-30/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
1 Civil Servant |
National delegate at Foreign Affairs Council meeting |
258 |
456 |
1,531 |
3,672 |
|
(b) 2/11/79 |
Lomé |
— |
National delegate at the signing of Lomé Convention |
72 |
72 |
1,603 |
3,744 |
|
(a) 13-15/11/79 |
Strasbourg |
3 Civil Servants |
Representing Presidency at Foreign Affairs Council meeting |
274 |
1,259 |
1,877 |
5,003 |
|
(a) 19-20/11/79 |
Brussels |
— |
Representing Presidency at |
||||
|
Foreign Affairs Council |
|||||||
|
meeting |
63 |
63 |
1,940 |
5,066 |
(a) Official aircraft used for all or part of the journey. Expenditure excludes this as costings are not yet available.
(b) Cost excludes air travel as this was provided by the EEC.
350.
asked the Minister for Defence in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey, and the purpose of each such journey.
Since taking up my appointment as Minister for Defence I have not made any journey outside the State on official business.
However, my predecessor made one such journey during the period indicated in the question. He was accompanied by the Finance Officer, Department of Defence; the Chief of Staff; the Assistant Chief of Staff; the ADC to the Chief of Staff; and an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The cost of the journey is estimated at £7,500. The purpose of the journey was an official visit to the Irish contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and to Irish military personnel serving with the United Nations Force in Cyprus and with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation in Jerusalem.
Ministers of State at the Department of Defence did not undertake any journey abroad on official business during the period in question.
351.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The information sought by the Deputy in respect of myself and the Ministers of State at my Department is as follows:
Mr. D. O'Malley—Minister.
|
Date of Visit |
Destination |
Purpose of Visit |
Accompanied by* |
Total Cost |
|
£ |
||||
|
29/6-1/7/79 |
London |
Discussions on oil supplies |
One Departmental official |
686.27 |
|
26/8-31/8/79 |
Baghdad |
Discussions on oil supplies |
Two Departmental officials plus technical expert |
4,190.64 |
|
7/9-10/9/79 |
Cologne |
Trade Promotion |
— |
118.09 |
|
19/9-20/9/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Energy Council Meeting |
Two Departmental officials |
154.48 |
|
25/9-26/9/79 |
Paris |
“Tokyo Seven” Energy Meeting |
One Departmental official |
217.27 |
|
8/10-10/10/79 |
(1) Luxembourg (2) London |
(1) EEC Energy Council Meeting and(2) Discussion on oil supplies |
One Departmental official |
235.01 |
|
15/10/79 |
Dusseldorf |
IDA promotional visit |
— |
23.80 |
|
22/10-23/10/79 |
Warsaw |
Trade negotiations with Poland |
One Departmental official |
34.16 |
|
7/11-9/11/79 |
Paris/Strasbourg |
IDA Promotional visit |
— |
89.54 |
|
24/11-1/12/79 |
Mexico |
Trade mission and discussions on oil supplies |
Two Departmental officials |
473.39 |
|
3/12-4/12/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Energy Council meeting |
One Departmental official |
175.67 |
|
17/12/79 |
Brussels |
Meeting with Energy Com- mittee of European Parliament |
One Departmental official |
79.15 |
|
Ministers Insurance |
64.05 |
|||
|
Total cost of Visits |
£6,541.52 |
Mr. R. Burke—Minister of State.
|
Date of Visit |
Destination |
Purpose of Visit |
Accompanied by* |
Total Cost |
|
£ |
||||
|
23/7-24/7/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Council of Foreign |
Two Departmental |
572.56 |
|
Minister meeting |
officials |
|||
|
7/9-18/9/79 |
(1) Tokyo/Seoul |
(1) Trade promotion |
One Departmental |
|
|
19/9-20/9/79 |
(2) Brussels |
(2) EEC Energy Council meeting |
official |
349.74 |
|
8/10-9/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
EEC Energy Council |
Two Departmental officials |
134.85 |
|
21/10-22/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
EEC Research Council meeting |
One Departmental official |
122.93 |
|
23/10-24/10/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Council of Foreign Ministers |
Two Departmental officials |
415.26 |
|
14/11-15/11/79 |
Birmingham |
Trade promotion |
— |
25.24 |
|
19/11-21/11/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Council of Foreign Ministers |
Four Departmental officials |
1,515.43 |
|
3/12-4/12/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Energy Council |
Two Departmental officials |
744.30 |
|
17/12-18/12/79 |
Brussels |
EEC Council of Foreign Ministers |
One Departmental official |
11.31 |
|
Total cost of Visits |
£ 3,891.62 |
|||
|
Cumulative Total cost of Visits |
£10,433.14 |
*Accompanying CTT or IDA officers not included.
352.
asked the Minister for Justice in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December, 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The Minister for Justice made one official visit abroad during the six months ended 31 December 1979. Details are as follows:
|
Date |
Destination |
Accompanied by |
Purpose of journey |
Cost to public funds |
|
£ |
||||
|
4/10/79-5/10/79 |
London |
3 officials |
Meeting on security matters |
475.14 |
The former Minister of State at the Department of Justice also made one official visit abroad in this period. Details are as follows:
|
Accompanied |
Purpose of |
Cost to |
||
|
Date |
Destination |
by |
journey |
public funds |
|
£ |
||||
|
28/8/79- |
Aachen, |
2 officials |
Meeting of European Ministers of Justice |
652.30 |
|
29/8/79 |
West Germany |
In the case of both official visits part of the travelling was done on the Government executive jet. The amounts shown do not include any figures for travel on the jet as separate costings are not readily available.
353.
asked the Minister for Finance in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey, and the purpose of each such journey.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the information requested by the Deputy.
Following is the statement:
Journeys outside the State made by the Minister for Finance
|
Accompanied |
Purpose of |
Cost to |
||
|
Date |
Destination |
by |
visit |
public funds |
|
£ |
||||
|
15-16 July 1979 |
Brussels |
3 officials |
EEC Finance Council meeting |
Not yet known |
|
5 Sept. 1979 |
London |
— |
Summit meeting between the Taoiseach and British Prime Minister |
19 |
|
16-17 Sept. 1979 |
Brussels |
2 officials |
EEC Council of Ministers Economic & Finance meeting |
Not yet known |
|
23-24 Sept. 1979 |
Brussels |
— |
EMS meeting |
Not yet known |
|
30 Sept.- 6 Oct. 1979 |
Belgrade |
Mrs. Colley & 2 officials 2 officials |
I.M.F World Bank meeting |
1660 |
|
15 Oct. 1979 |
Luxembourg |
EEC Council of Ministers Economic & Finance meeting |
49 |
|
|
18-19 Nov. 1979 |
Brussels |
3 officials |
EEC Council of Ministers Economic & Finance meeting |
Not yet known |
|
17 December |
Brussels |
3 officials |
EEC Council of |
80 |
|
Ministers Economic & |
||||
|
Finance meeting |
There were no journeys abroad made by the Minister of State at the Department of Finance during the six months ended 31 December 1979.
354.
asked the Minister for the Environment in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The Ministers of State assigned to my Department did not undertake any official journeys outside the State during the six months ended 31 December 1979.
The following table sets out the information in respect of journeys undertaken by me:
|
Number |
Cost to |
||
|
of |
Persons accompanying the Minister |
Public |
Purpose of the journey |
|
Journeys |
Funds |
||
|
2 |
(i) Four persons as follows: |
£2,423.60 |
To preside at an ECE meeting on the |
|
1 Private Secretary; |
protection of the environment held |
||
|
1 Assistant Secretary; |
in Geneva from 12-16 November 1979. |
||
|
1 Principal; |
|||
|
1 Assistant Principal. |
|||
|
(ii) Seven persons as follows: |
£1,101.00 |
To preside at an EEC Council of |
|
|
1 Private Secretary; |
Ministers meeting held in Brussels |
||
|
1 Assistant Secretary; |
from 16-18 December 1979. |
||
|
1 Principal; |
|||
|
2 Assistant Principals; |
|||
|
1 Assistant Chief Engineering Adviser; |
|||
|
1 Engineering Inspector. |
355.
asked the Minister for Labour in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
Following is the statement:
|
Duration of Visit |
Destination |
Accompanied by (a) |
Purpose of Journey |
Costs (b) |
||
|
Minister |
Others |
Total |
||||
|
(1) 8-9 October |
Brussels |
Assistant Secretary |
Meeting of Standing |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Principal Officer |
Committee on |
|||||
|
Special Assistant to Minister |
Employment |
|||||
|
Private Secretary to Minister |
262.36 |
1,024.30 |
1,286.66 |
|||
|
(2) 17-19 October |
Geneva (a) |
Secretary Special Assistant to Minister Personal Assistant to Minister |
European Regional Conference, I.L.O. |
246.49 |
1,019.18 |
1,265.67 |
|
(3) 16 November |
Brussels |
Assistant Secretary Special Assistant to Minister |
Meeting with Commissioner Vredeling in preparation for Social Affairs Council |
26.96 |
43.75 |
70.71 (c) |
|
(4) 21-23 |
Brussels |
Assistant Secretary |
Meeting of Social |
|||
|
November |
Principal Officer |
Affairs Council |
||||
|
Assistant Principal Officer |
||||||
|
Higher Executive Officer |
||||||
|
Special Assistant to Minister |
||||||
|
Private Secretary to Minister |
245.41 |
1,450.68 |
1,696.09 (c) |
(a) The delegation to the Regional Conference of ILO comprised representatives of the State, Employer and Employee organisations, whose expenses are not included in the tabular statement.
(b) The Vote for Labour has been or will be credited with refunds from the EEC in respect of certain of the visits outlined in the tabular statement. total of credits in respect of such journeys is estimated at £2,780.
(c) A Government plane was used for visits of 16th November and for return journey for Minister and certain officers on 23rd February.
(d) The officers listed for the meetings of the Standing Employment Committee and the Social Affairs Council assisted the Minister in his capacity as President, and the Minister for State at the Department of Education, in the capacity of Irish spokesman. The expenses of the Minister for State will be shown in the reply to a separate question addressed to the Minister for Education.
356.
asked the Minister for the Public Service in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey and the purpose of each such journey.
In my capacity as Minister for the Public Service I made no trips outside the State on official business.
The information sought by the Deputy in respect of the Minister of State is set out in a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Accompanied |
Purpose of |
Cost to |
||
|
Date |
Destination |
by |
journey |
public funds |
|
£ |
||||
|
10-12/9/79 |
Brussels |
Four officials |
Budget Council Meeting |
781.24 |
|
26-27/9/79 |
Strasbourg |
Three officials |
Attending European parliament for presentation of European Community Budget |
359.69 |
|
3-4/10/79 |
Brussels |
Two officials |
Attending meeting of Budgetary Committee of European parliament |
581.81 |
|
9-10/10/79 |
Brussels |
Three officials |
Attending meeting of Budgetary Committee of European parliament |
582.07 |
|
16-17/10/79 |
Luxembourg |
Two officials |
Attending meeting of Fiscal Council |
-75.15(a) |
|
4-7/11/79 |
Strasbourg |
Three officials |
Attending European parliament reading of European Community Budget 1980 |
555.41 |
|
22-24/11/79 |
Brussels |
Four officials |
Meeting of Budget Council |
742.76 |
|
10-12/12/79 |
Strasbourg |
Two officials |
Attending European |
|
|
parliament reading of |
||||
|
European Community Budget 1980 |
Cost to public funds not yet assesed |
(a) Refund received from the EEC exceeded the cost to public funds.
357.
asked the Minister for Education in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey, and the purpose of each such journey.
The information sought is being provided in the form of a tabular statement which is being circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Number |
||||
|
of Trips |
Accompanied by |
Cost |
Purpose |
|
|
£ |
||||
|
Minister for Education |
1 |
Wife |
413.10 |
To launch the project “A |
|
Sense of Ireland”. |
||||
|
Minister of State De- partment of Education |
3 |
(a) Officials of Department of Education |
1,364.98 |
European Sports Confer- ence. |
|
(b) Officials of Department of Labour |
298.01 |
Meeting of Ministers for Social Affairs (Deputis-ing for Minister for Labour). |
||
|
(c) Officials of Department of Finance |
482.57 |
Research and Development |
||
|
Council Meeting (De- |
||||
|
putising for Minister for |
||||
|
Finance). |
358.
asked the Minister for Agriculture in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The details requested in respect of journeys outside the State on official business by the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister of State (Mr. Hussey) for the six months ended 31 December 1979 are as follows:
|
Cost to |
|||
|
Journeys by |
Accompanied by |
Public Funds |
Purpose |
|
£ |
|||
|
Minister |
1 Civil Servant |
408.31 |
Meeting with EEC Commissioner (Mr. Gundelach) |
|
in Brussels |
|||
|
Minister |
2 Civil Servants |
2,617.07 |
FAO Conference in Rome |
|
Minister and Minister of State |
5 Civil Servants |
669.04 |
EEC Council of Minister Meeting in Brusels |
|
Minister and Minister of State |
5 Civil Servants |
952.01 |
EEC Council of Ministers Meeting in Brussels |
|
Minister and Minister of State |
7 Civil Servants |
2,038.74 |
EEC Council of Ministers Meeting in Luxembourg |
|
Minister and Minister of State |
5 Civil Servants |
772.75 |
EEC Council of Ministers Meeting in Luxembourg |
|
Minister |
1 Civil Servant |
1,308.37 |
Launching of CBF Promotion in West Germany |
|
Minister and Minister of State |
8 Civil Servants |
1,736.46 |
EEC Council of Ministers Meeting in Brussels |
|
Minister |
2 Civil Servants |
1,526.87 |
FOA Conference in Rome |
|
Minister of State |
8 Civil Servants |
789.15 |
EEC Council of Ministers Meeting in Brussels |
The Minister of State (Mr. Allen) did not travel abroad on official business during that period.
359.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979, the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
Ni dhearna Aire na Gaeltachta aon turas taobh amuigh den Stát sa tréimhse sin.
360.
asked the Minister for Health in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
In the six months ended 31 December 1979, no journey outside the State was made by me in my capacity as Minister for Health. There is no Minister of State attached to my Department.
361.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
No journeys of the nature mentioned in the Deputy's question were made by me in my capacity as Minister for Social Welfare during the period in question.
There is no Minister of State assigned to my Department.
362.
asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The reply relates to journeys by Mr. Brian Lenihan as Minister for Fisheries and Forestry and is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
The statement is as follows:
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By Whom |
Cost to |
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Date |
Destination |
Purpose of Visit |
Accompanied |
Public Funds |
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£ |
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18 to 21 September 1979 |
Berne,Switzerland |
3rd Ministerial Conference on the Environment |
1 official |
1,100.09 |
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1 to 5 October 1979 |
New York |
Represented Government in USA during visit of Pope John Paul II |
Minister's wife |
2,442.15 |
|
28 to 30 October 1979 |
Luxembourg |
Council of Ministers for Fisheries Meeting |
6 officials |
404.70 |
|
19 November 1979 |
London |
Talks with Mr. Peter Walker, UK Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food and other UK Ministers |
1 official |
197.80 |
|
2 to 4 December |
Brussels |
Council of Ministers for Fisheries |
6 officials |
891.08 |
|
1979 |
Meeting |
363.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department for the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
No such journeys were made by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, or by the Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs during the period mentioned.
364.
asked the Minister for Transport in respect of himself and each Minister of State assigned to his Department of the six months ended 31 December 1979; the number of journeys made outside the State on official business, by whom he or the Minister of State was accompanied on each journey; the cost to public funds for each such journey; and the purpose of each such journey.
The following journeys on official business outside the State were undertaken by Mr. Pádraig Faulkner, Minister for Tourism and Transport, during the period in question.
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Total cost to |
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Date |
Destination |
Accompanied by |
Purpose of visit |
public funds |
|
£ |
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4-6 July 1979 |
London/Frankfurt/ |
An official of Depart- |
Tourism Promotion |
84.48 |
|
Amsterdam |
ment of Tourism and |
Campaign |
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|
Transport |
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3 October 1979 |
Derry |
An official of Department of Tourism and Transport |
1st Meeting of North/ West Tourism Co- operation Group |
100.67 |
|
22-23 November 1979 |
Paris |
Two officials of Department of Tourism and Transport |
European Conference of Ministers of Transport |
760.56 |
|
26 November 1979 |
Brussels |
Two officials of Depart- |
Transport Committee of |
637.94 |
|
ment of Tourism and |
European Parliament |
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Transport |
No official journeys outside the State were undertaken by Mr. G. Colley during the period in which he held the Office of Minister for Tourism and Transport.