I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 to 477, inclusive, together.
Gifts received by Ministers and Ministers of State from foreign dignitaries tend to be of a minor or symbolic nature, and the Department of Education and Science does not keep a record of such gifts, except where the gift exceeds a value of €650. Under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, any gift with a value in excess of €650 must be surrendered to the State and declared in the Minister's statement of registerable interests submitted to the Standards in Public Office Commission.
The Department's records indicate that no gifts covered by the Act were received by the Minister for Education and Science at the meetings referred to by the Deputy. The relevant statements of registerable interests have been published by the Standards in Public Offices Commission and can be viewed on the Oireachtas website.