Pádraic McCormack
Question:70 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the total expenses he has received and that of the Ministers of State (details supplied) from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2001. [12228/02]
Written Answers. - Departmental Expenses.
During the period 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2001 I was paid the following expenses – subsistence, €3,770.31, Dáil special secretarial allowance, €4,443.95. The Ministers of State at my Department received expenses during the same period, as follows. Deputy Davern – travel, €20,230.59, subsistence, €3,790.98, constituency office maintenance expenses, €7,618.20, and Dáil special secretarial allowance, €4,443.95. Deputy Ó Cuiv, from 2 March 2001 only, travel, €17,627.50, subsistence, €4,011.82, constituency office maintenance expenses, €7,618.20, Dáil special secretarial allowance, €4,443.95. Former Minister of State, Deputy Ned O'Keeffe, travel, €11,456.22, subsistence, €1,295.49, constituency office maintenance expenses, €3,174.25. A separate breakdown of the travelling expenses paid to the Ministers of State in connection with their constituency office related work and their official duties is not readily available.
Question No. 71 answered with Question No. 61.