Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 January 2005
129 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of credit cards issued for departmental use to Ministers, Ministers of State or others; the person or persons authorised to use such cards; the circumstances in which use is permissible; the number of occasions on which they have been used in the life of the Government; the purpose of such use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2277/05]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that two credit cards are used in my Department for official business purposes as appropriate. Credit cards have been issued to my private secretary and to the private secretary of the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern. Since June 2002, approximately 90 transactions have been recorded against the two credit cards. It should be noted that all bank statements arising are submitted by the private secretaries to a senior officer in my Department for examination and certification of appropriate payments.
