Vol. 445 No. 6
177 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of official trips abroad he has made since he took office; the number of persons that accompanied him on each of these trips; and the cost of the various trips. [769/94]
The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table.
|
Destination |
Dates |
Purpose of Visit |
Numbers Accompanying Minister |
Costs |
|
£ |
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|
1. Copenhagen |
27/28-1-93 |
Attending EC Conference of Ministers responsible for policy on pensions |
5 |
534 |
|
2. Boston |
12/20-3-93 |
Representing the Government at the St. Patrick's Day events in Boston and Rhode Island and meeting with Vice-President of Digital Equipment Corporation regarding the setting up of a Euro- pean Centre for Health and Social Welfare in Ireland |
2 |
9,823 |
|
3. Brussels |
28/29-4-93 |
Bilateral meeting with Belgian Social Security Minister on social security matters |
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|
4. New Zealand |
16/24-5-93 |
Signing of Bilateral Social Secur- ity Agreement between Ireland and New Zealand |
4 |
19,740 |
|
5. Copenhagan |
2/4-6-93 |
Participating in EC Conference on Social Exclusion and guest speaker |
2 |
881 |
|
6. Bratislava |
29-6-93 to 2-7-93 |
Participating in Council of Europe Conference on Family Policy and invited guest speaker |
2 |
3,468 |
|
7. Quebec |
4/9-10-93 |
Signing of Bilateral Understand- ing on Social Security between Ireland and Quebec, meeting Irish emigrant groups in New York to launch the Bilateral Social Secur- ity Agreement between Ireland and the United States of America and representing the Government as guest of honour at the Ireland Canada Fund Dinner and Func- tion in Toronto |
3 |
12,411 |
|
8. Paris |
13-10-93 to 14-10-93 |
Participating in Council of Europe meeting of EU Ministers respon- sible for Family Affairs |
2 |
1,509 |
|
9. Brussels |
9-11-93 to 10-11-93 |
Participating in EU Council of Ministers Meeting and Sym- posium on Convergence |
2 |
331 |
|
10. London |
3-3-94 to 4-3-94 |
Meeting UK Secretary of State for Social Security to discuss pro- posed new Habitual Residence Test |
3 |
729 |
|
11. Savannah |
14-3-94 to 20-3-94 |
Representing the Government at the St. Patrick's Day events in Savannah, Georgia |
3 |
12,425 |
|
12. Los Angeles |
26-4-94 to 29-4-94 |
Representing the Government at former U.S. President Richard Nixon's funeral. Meeting Pres- ident Clinton and Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee regarding VISA waiver. |
1 |
10,357 |
|
13. Riyadh |
6-5-94 to 8-5-94 |
Representing the Government at the meeting of EU and Gulf States Ministers and the fifth meeting of the EU-GCC Joint Cooperation Council |
3 |
807 |
|
14. Bonn/Berlin |
12-9-94 to 15-9-94 |
Attending a Conference on the Future of the Family — The Fam- ily at the close of the 20th century in Bonn. Attending an Informal meeting of EU Ministers respon- sible for Family matters in Berlin |
3 |
1,150(estimated figure — final costs not currently available) |
