Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 18 Oct 1995

Vol. 457 No. 2

Written Answers. - Ministerial Travel.

Ivor Callely

Question:

110 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade if he will give a breakdown of foreign travel that he or the Minister of State at his Department has undertaken; the total cost involved; the purpose of such trips; the number and list of passengers who travelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/95]

Minister for Tourism and Trade (Mr. E. Kenny)

Details of my official trips abroad since I have taken office as Minister for Tourism and Trade are set out in tabular form at Appendix 1, and those of the Minister of State, Deputy Toddy O'Sullivan, are set out in tabular form at Appendix 2.

Also included are details of accompanying officials from this Department. Total expenditure to date in respect of this travel, including cost relating to accompanying officials, is £38,926.63.

APPENDIX 1

1995 — Minister's Foreign Travel to Date

	Destination	Date of Departure	Duration of Visit	Purpose	Accompanying Officials from Dept. of Tourism & Trade	Grade of Department Officials accom panying Minister
1.	London	27-01-95	1 Day	Launch of Jordan Grand Prix Tourism Promotion	1	Assistant Principal
2.	New York/Boston	14-02-95	4 Days	US Tour Operators Workshops & Seminars	2	Assistant Secretary Private Secretary
3.	London	22-02-95	1 Day	Confex Exhibition	1	Private Secretary
4.	Berlin	05-03-95	2 Days	BIT Travel Fair	2	Principal Officer Press Officer
5.	New York	14-03-95	5 Days	Launch of BA Travel Programme & representing Government at St. Patrick's Day Celebrations	2	Secretary Executive Officer
6.	Biarritz	09-03-95	2 Days	Informal Internal Market Council	2	Assistant Secretary
						Executive Officer
7.	Atlanta/Augusta	05-04-95	6 Days	BF Golf Tourism Promotion Events	1	Assistant Secretary
8.	Boston	30-04-95	3 Days	Bord Trachtala Promotion “Look is Ireland”	2	Principal Officer Press Officer
9.	Washington D.C.	23-05-95	4 Days	3	Washington Trade & Investment Conference	Secretary Programme Manager
						Assistant Principal
10.	Luxembourg	05-06-95	1 Day	Internal Market Council	3	Assistant Secretary
						Assistant Principal
						Private Secretary
11.	Malaysia	17-06-95	4 Days	Trade Mission	2	Assistant Secretary
						1st Secretary
12.	London	11-07-95	1 Evening	Tourism Promotion, Irish Embassy	1	Private Secretary
13.	Silverstone	16-07-95	1 Day	Tourism Promotion, Silverstone	—	—
14.	Chicago	19-09-95	3 Days	Incentive Trade Fair	2	Private Secretary
						Principal Officer

Total Cost to Date:—£34,182.79

In some of the above cases additional costs may have been incurred by the State bodies under my aegis. These will be recouped from the Department at a later stage.

APPENDIX 2

1995 — Minister of State's Foreign Travel to date

	Destination	Date of Departure	Duration of Visit	Purpose	Names of Officials accompanying Minister	Number of Officials
1.	Milan	22-02-95	2 Days	Tourism PromotionTourism Trade Fair with NITB	Private Secretary	1
2.	Amsterdam	19-04-95	1 Day	Launch of Joint TourismInitiative with NITB	Special Adviser	1
3.	Vienna	10-05-95	7 Days	Trade Mission	Private SecretaryHigher Executive Officer	2
4.	Paris	22-05-95	2 Days	O.E.C.D. Ministerial & Preparatory Meeting	Special Adviser	2
					Assistant Principal
5.	London	06-07-95	1 Day	Japanese Tourism Promotion	Private Secretary	1
6.	Stockholm	04-10-95	2 Days	Trade Mission	Private SecretaryAssistant Principal	2

Total Cost to Date:— £4,743.84

In some of the above cases additional costs may have been incurred by the State bodies under my aegis. These will be recouped from the Department at a later stage.

* Not including some expenses which are still to be claimed.