Vol. 434 No. 2
243 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment the number of visits he has made abroad since taking up office; the destination, date, duration of these visits, the purpose of these visits; the number of officials and others who accompanied him; the airline used on each visit; and the overall cost of each visit.
244 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment the number of visits his Ministers of State have made abroad since taking up office; the destination, date, duration of these visits, the purpose of these visits; the number of officials and others who accompanied the Ministers of State; the airline used on each visit; and the overall cost of each visit.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 244 together.
The total number of visits abroad which I have made since taking up office amounts to nine, of which five involved attendance at meetings of the EC Council of Environment Ministers, Minister of State, Deputy Browne (Wexford) has made three visits abroad and Minister of State, Deputy Stagg, has made four. The detailed information requested is set out in the following tables.
Minister Mr. Michael Smith TD
|
Destination |
Date/ Duration |
Purpose of Visit |
Number of officials/ others |
Airline used by Minister |
Overall cost to Department including officials/others (estimated) |
|
London |
4-5/3/93 |
Meetings with UK Secretary of State and Water Authority officials |
2 |
Aer Lingus |
£1,800 |
|
Moscow |
13-19/3/93 |
Attendance at St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Moscow |
2 |
Aer Lingus/ British Airways |
£6,610 |
|
Brussels |
22-23/3/93 |
Environment Council Meeting* |
5 |
Government Jet/ Aer Lingus |
£5,000 |
|
Luxembourg |
22-23/4/93 |
Joint Energy and Environment Council Meeting* |
3 |
Government Jet |
£1,160 |
|
Zurich (Lucerne) |
28-30/4/93 |
Environment for Europe Conference |
3 |
Government Jet |
£1,400 |
|
Copenhagen (Aarhus) |
14-16/5/93 |
Informal Environment Council Meeting |
3 |
Government Jet |
£2,920 |
|
Luxembourg Brussels |
27-30/6/93 |
Environment Council Meeting* |
6 |
Government Jet |
£6,390 |
|
Vienna Paris |
7-9/7/93 |
Visits to Incineration Plants |
2 |
Aer Lingus/ Air France/ Sabena |
£4,000 |
|
Luxembourg |
4-5/10/93 |
Environment Council* |
4 |
Government Jet |
£4,000 |
|
Destination |
Date/ Duration |
Purpose of Visit |
Number of officials/ others |
Airline used by Minister |
Overall cost to Department including officials/others (estimated) |
|
Leicester/ |
4-5/4/93 |
Consultations with local |
2 |
Aer Lingus |
£1,170 |
|
Derby |
authorities on approaches to housing and urban renewal, including visits to sites. |
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|
Vienna |
3-4/6/93 |
Consultations with local authorities on approaches to housing and urban renewal, including visits to sites. |
2 |
Aer Lingus/ Austrian Airlines/ British Airways |
£3,180 |
|
Glasgow |
17-18/6/93 |
Consultations with local authorities on approaches to housing and urban renewal, including visits to sites. |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
£1,660 |
|
Manchester |
22-23/7/93 |
Housing refurbishment — consultations and site visits. |
2 |
Aer Lingus |
£1,060 |
|
Destination |
Date/ Duration |
Purpose of Visit |
Number of officials/ others |
Airline used by Minister |
Overall cost to Department including officials/others (estimated) |
|
Brussels |
24-25/1/93 |
Joint Transport Environment Council* |
2 |
Government Jet/ Aer Lingus |
£1,720 |
|
Brussels |
17-18/6/93 |
Meetings with EC Environmental Officials |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
£3,400 |
|
London |
14-15/7/93 |
Visits to recycling plants |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
£2,030 |
