Office of the President.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 October 2004

Wednesday, 6 October 2004

Questions (98)

Michael Ring

Question:

216 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the Office of the President over the past seven years, detailing costs on an annual basis for each category such as staff, travel, security and so on; the trips which have been made abroad during the President’s term of office; and the expenditure costs for each trip. [23727/04]

Written answers

Minister for Finance (Mr. Cowen)

The table below sets out the voted moneys provided by the Department of Finance for the Office of the President over the last seven years as set out in the Appropriation Accounts for the period up to 2003 and in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2004. Items 1 to 6 are gross funded expenditure and items 7 to 11 are net allied services expenditure.

Item No.	Subhead/Department	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
		Outturn	Outturn	Outturn	Outturn	Outturn	Outturn	Estimate
		€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
1.	A.1 — Salaries, Wages & Allowances	704	683	761	901	1,012	1,153	1,291
2.	A.2 — Travel & Subsistence	105	154	128	129	70	207	140
3.	A.3 — Incidental Expenses	27	37	33	63	95	99	115
4.	A.4 — Postal & Telecommunications Services	62	68	93	77	116	94	129
5.	A.5 — Office Machinery & Other Office Supplies	64	92	113	126	184	124	136
6.	B. — Centenarians’ Bounty	40	36	271	290	281	299	410
7.	Taoiseach	—	43	32	46	85	60	61
8.	OPW	2,130	1,987	2,408	2,810	2,956	2,409	2,495
9.	Garda Síochána	388	397	405	417	498	468	546
10.	Defence	236	241	254	252	286	303	325
11.	Foreign Affairs	297	538	302	426	461	563	650
	Total	4,053	4,276	4,800	5,537	6,044	5,779	6,298

I do not have the other information the Deputy is requesting.