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asked the Taoiseach if he will state: (a) the number of foreign trips undertaken by his Minister of State, Deputy Seán Barrett; (b) the destination and purpose of each trip; and (c) the duration and cost of each trip undertaken by him since he came to office.
4.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state: (a) the number of foreign trips undertaken by his Minister of State, Deputy Nuala Fennell; (b) the destination and purpose of each trip; and (c) the duration and cost of each trip undertaken by her since she assumed the office of Minister of State.
5.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state: (a) the number of foreign trips undertaken by his Minister of State, Deputy Ted Nealon; (b) the destination and purpose of each trip; and (c) the duration and cost of each trip undertaken by him since he assumed the office of Minister of State.
6.
asked the Taoiseach if he will state: (a) the number of foreign trips undertaken by him; (b) the destination and purpose of each trip; and (c) the duration and cost of each trip undertaken by him since he assumed office as Taoiseach.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, together. I am circulating in the Official Report a statement giving the information sought by the Deputy, to the extent that this is possible having regard to the inordinate amount of staff costs and time which would be involved in compiling a detailed breakdown of the cost of each trip undertaken since 1982.
The following tables indicate the foreign trips undertaken by the Taoiseach and Ministers of State Seán Barrett, Nuala Fennell and Ted Nealon.
Taoiseach
|
Foreign Trips |
Destination |
Duration |
Purpose |
|
1983 |
Brussels |
21-22 March |
European Council |
|
Seven trips |
Stuttgart |
17-19 June |
European Council |
|
Belgium |
18-20 Sept. |
EC Commission meeting |
|
|
Greece |
29 Oct.-1 Nov. |
Official visit |
|
|
Brussels |
26 November |
Meeting West German Chancellor — Dutch P.M. EPP Meeting |
|
|
Denmark-Italy-Germany |
28 Nov.-2 Dec. |
Official visit — EC business |
|
|
Greece |
4-6 Dec. |
EC Summit |
|
|
1984 |
US |
9-16 March |
Official visit |
|
Thirteen trips |
Brussels |
19-20 March |
European Council |
|
Rome |
3-4 April |
EPP Congress* |
|
|
Sweden |
10-13 May |
Bilderberg Conference |
|
|
Paris |
18 June |
Official visit |
|
|
Paris |
25-26 June |
European Council |
|
|
Strasbourg |
24-25 July |
European Parliament |
|
|
Portugal |
24-25 Sept. |
Official visit |
|
|
India |
1-5 Nov. |
Funeral of Mrs. Gandhi |
|
|
London |
18-19 Nov. |
Anglo-Irish Summit |
|
|
Brussels |
22-23 Nov. |
Address to Centre for European Policies Studies |
|
|
Paris and Rome |
29-30 Nov. |
EC Business |
|
|
Strasbourg |
11 December |
European Parliament |
|
|
1985Twelve trips |
London |
22 March |
Diplomatic Commonwealth Writers' Association Banquet |
|
Brussels |
29-31 March |
European Council |
|
|
Luxembourg |
23 April |
EPP Meeting* |
|
|
US and Canada |
1-14 May |
Official visit |
|
|
Lisbon and Madrid |
11-13 June |
Signing of Accession Treaty |
|
|
Rome |
19-20 June |
Meeting Italian Prime Minister, EPP Meeting |
|
|
Paris |
21 June |
Meeting President Mitterand |
|
|
Milan |
27-30 June |
European Council |
|
|
New York |
18-22 October |
UN 40th Anniversary |
|
|
Brussels |
8-9 November |
Meeting Belgian PM, Dutch PM, Luxembourg PM, Italian Foreign Minister, West German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Address to European Union of Young Christian Democrats and EPP Meeting |
|
|
Hillsborough |
15 November |
Signing of Anglo-Irish Agreement |
|
|
Paris |
29 Nov.-3 Dec. |
Address to Institute Francaise des Relations Internationale and European Council |
|
|
Luxembourg |
Meeting |
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|
1986 |
Paris |
5 February |
International Conference |
|
Two trips |
London |
18-19 Feb. |
Institute of Petroleum Dinner |
* The air fare and the subsistence costs in these cases are met by the Fine Gael Party.
Minister of State Seán Barrett
|
Foreign Trips |
Destination |
Duration |
Purpose |
|
1983 |
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|
One trip |
Washington |
July-August |
Irish-United States Parliamentary Delegation. |
|
1984 |
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|
Three trips |
New York Columbus, Ohio London |
15-21 March |
St. Patrick's Day Promotional visit. |
|
5-6 April |
Parliamentary delegation to House of Commons. |
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|
Mexico City- Los Angeles |
4-14 August |
Leading Irish delegation to UN. World Population Conference. |
|
|
1985 |
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|
None |
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|
1986 |
|||
|
None |
Minister of State Nuala Fennell
|
Foreign Trips |
Destination |
Duration |
Purpose |
|
1983 |
|||
|
Four trips |
Strasbourg and |
10-14 April |
Visit to Member States. |
|
Brussels |
|||
|
Denmark |
1-5 Sept. |
Meeting with Women's Organisations. |
|
|
Greece |
26-30 Sept. |
EEC Conference on Equal Opportunities. |
|
|
London |
1-2 December |
Visit to Girls' Hostel. |
|
|
1984 |
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|
Three trips |
Bonn |
21-23 March |
Conference on the Family. |
|
China |
17 Sept. -3 Oct. |
Meeting with All China Women's Federation. |
|
|
Amsterdam |
21-23 November |
European Parliament Meeting. |
|
|
1985 |
|||
|
Three trips |
Rome |
26-27 March |
Attendance at Seminar on Collective Child Care and Parental Leave. |
|
Brussels |
3-5 June |
Commission of European Communities Seminar on Women and the Television. |
|
|
Nairobi |
15-26 July |
World Conference to Review and Appraise Achievements of UN Decade for Women. |
|
|
1986 |
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|
One trip |
London |
22 January |
Attendance at Memorial Service for Jane Findley, former Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission. Meeting with the 300 Group (women's organisation) |
Minister of State Ted Nealon
|
Foreign Trips |
Destination |
Duration |
Purpose |
|
1983 |
|||
|
Three trips |
Brussels |
3-5 October |
Discussions with EC Secretary General, Director DGX, Heads of Divisions on allocations of grants for Ireland in Cultural areas. |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
3-7 November |
To address Irish American Cultural Institute. |
|
|
Athens |
26-29 November |
EEC Culture Ministers Meeting. |
|
|
1984 |
|||
|
Five trips |
Copenhagen |
22-24 March |
Opening of Treasures of Ireland Exhibition. |
|
Berlin |
22-26 May |
4th Conference of Council of Europe Ministers for Culture. |
|
|
Luxembourg |
21-23 June |
Council of EEC Culture Ministers. |
|
|
Salzburg |
20-23 September |
Representing Government at functions in honour of 1200th Anniversary of death of St. Feargal. |
|
|
Brussels |
20-22 November |
EC Council of Ministers for Culture. |
|
|
1985 |
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|
Six trips |
London |
26-27 February |
Druid's First Night performance in West End. |
|
Brussels |
27-28 May |
EC Council of Culture Ministers. |
|
|
Luxembourg |
13-14 July |
Discussions with President of EC Council of Culture Ministers and European Theatre Festival of Wiltz. |
|
|
Paris |
23-24 September |
Discussions with M.J. Lang, French Minister of Culture — Opening of Picasso Museum and discussions at Irish Embassy on Joyce Mask issue. |
|
|
London-Edinburgh |
14-16 October |
Reception at Irish Embassy for British Museum for work done there on the restoration of Derrynaflan hoard — Emperor's Warriors Exhibition. |
|
|
Brussels |
19-20 December |
EC Council of Cultural Ministers. |
|
|
1986 |
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|
One trip |
Cairo |
16-22 January |
Discussions concerning Treasures of the Pharaohs Exhibition for Ireland. |
The total cost of travel and subsistence and official entertainment paid from the Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach since the Taoiseach and Ministers of State assumed office is as follows:
|
1982 |
£182,581 |
|
|
1983 |
£131,511 |
|
|
1984 |
£469,086 |
(including expenditure for the National Museum, Public Records office and Irish Manuscripts Commission transferred under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach on 27 January, 1984). |
|
1985 |
£370,300 |
(Provisional out-turn) |
|
1986 |
£36,634 |
(to 21 February, 1986) |
These amounts include the cost of foreign travel, subsistence and entertainment.
