Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Oct 1997

Vol. 481 No. 7

Written Answers. - Official Travel.

Emmet Stagg

Question:

222 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the number of trips made by Irish civil servants in her Department over the past two years on official business to Luxembourg; and the cost of those trips. [17131/97]

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (Miss de Valera)

Officers of my Department made five official trips to Luxembourg in the past two years.

The cost of the trips amounted to £3,688 of which approximately £1,400 will be reimbursed by the EU Council of Ministers.