Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2009
412 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to her Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same for each of the past ten years. [33085/09]
View answerThe total amounts paid to Ministers for Health and Ministers of State at the Department of Health and Children for travel and subsistence in respect of overseas travel during the ten years ended 2008 amounted to €44,083 and are set out in the following tables. Hotel accommodation charges are generally paid directly to the hotel by, or on behalf, of the Department though in some cases hotel costs were paid directly to the Minister/Minister of State which are included in the figures. Summary: total paid each year
|
Year |
Amount Paid |
|
€ |
|
|
1999 |
6,802 |
|
2000 |
5,851 |
|
2001 |
6,977 |
|
2002 |
3,884 |
|
2003 |
1,694 |
|
2004 |
4,754 |
|
2005 |
1,815 |
|
2006 |
5,409 |
|
2007 |
1,657 |
|
2008 |
5,240 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
November 2004 |
USA: New York |
Visiting health facilities |
618.51 |
|
March 2005 |
Ljubljana, Zagreb & Sarajevo |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
267.37 |
|
April 2005 |
Italy: Rome as Tánaiste |
Attending Pope’s funeral |
103.50 |
|
May 2005 |
Switzerland: Geneva |
WHO: World Health Assembly |
186.15 |
|
May 2005 |
Isle of Man as Tánaiste |
Speaker at British/Irish Council meeting |
20.64 |
|
May 2005 |
Switzerland: Geneva as Tánaiste |
Speaker at Economic forum — Davos |
440.49 |
|
June 2005 |
Luxembourg |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
178.67 |
|
October 2005 |
UK: Hertfordshire |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
84.89 |
|
November 2005 |
UK: London |
EU Presidency -Patient Safety summit |
151.36 |
|
December 2005 |
Brussels |
EU: Council of Ministers |
140.67 |
|
February 2006 |
Canada: Toronto and Vancouver |
Analysis of Cancer Control Governance Models |
486.53 |
|
February 2006 |
Austria: Vienna |
EU: Council of Minsters meeting |
112.67 |
|
March 2006 |
Bahrain and South Africa |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,351.44 |
|
April 2006 |
Austria: Vienna |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
56.33 |
|
May 2006 |
USA: Philadelphia and Washington DC |
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics conference, National Cancer Institute & health facilities |
835.70 |
|
October 2006 |
USA: Chicago |
Visit to Children’s Memorial Hospital |
402.88 |
|
November 2006 |
Brussels |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
356.22 |
|
February 2007 |
Italy: Milan as Tánaiste |
Speaker at “Observatory on Europe” meeting |
377.72 |
|
March 2007 |
Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
922.77 |
|
February 2008 |
USA: Arizona, Texas and Washington DC |
Visiting health facilities |
772.92 |
|
March 2008 |
Czech Republic: Prague |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
618.32 |
|
April 2008 |
Slovenia |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
112.00 |
|
June 2008 |
Luxembourg |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
142.50 |
|
June 2008 |
Estonia: Tallinn |
WHO ministerial conference |
126.32 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
March 2001 |
USA: New York |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
764.82 |
|
December 2001 |
Egypt: Cairo |
Official visit to Cairo |
447.07 |
|
June 2002 |
Luxembourg |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
416.88 |
|
May 2003 |
Switzerland: Geneva |
WHO: World Health Assembly |
301.07 |
|
September 2003 |
USA: Washington DC |
Visiting health facilities |
238.75 |
|
November 2003 |
Hungary: Budapest |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
177.45 |
|
March 2004 |
USA: Los Angeles and San Francisco |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,193.93 |
|
March 2004 |
Czech Republic: Prague |
ENDSP conference |
276.12 |
|
May 2004 |
Switzerland: Geneva |
WHO: World Health Assembly |
283.96 |
|
June 2004 |
Hungary: Budapest |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
176.91 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
March 1999 |
France: Paris |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,594.31 |
|
June 1999 |
USA: New York |
Visit to UN |
2,283.18 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
April 2000 |
Russia: Moscow |
Meetings on Adoption |
723.31 |
|
June 2000 |
Germany: Munich |
WHO conference on nursing and midwifery |
287.01 |
|
November 2000 |
France: Paris |
OECD conference on gender main streaming |
864.40 |
|
November 2000 |
Egypt: Cairo |
Arab League of Women summit |
442.74 |
|
January 2001 |
Sweden: Stockholm |
International Forum on combatting intolerance |
360.54 |
|
March 2001 |
USA: New York & BostonCanada: Toronto |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
3,270.25 |
|
June 2001 |
Luxembourg |
EU: Council of foreign Ministers meeting |
160.65 |
|
July 2001 |
Canada: Vancouver |
World Assembly on Mental Health |
1,195.23 |
|
August 2001 |
Australia: MelbournePhilippines: Manila |
Meetings on international adoption agreements |
1,990.44 |
|
February 2002 |
Poland: Warsaw |
Conference on a tobacco free Europe |
835.33 |
|
March 2002 |
USA: Chicago |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,060.38 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
June 2008 |
Brussels |
Mental Health conference |
661.83 |
|
September 2008 |
China: Beijing |
Attending Paralympics Games 2008 |
1,133.67 |
|
November 2008 |
UK: London |
Celebrations for Samaritans 100 years |
157.69 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
March 2007 |
USA: California |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
276.03 |
|
September 2007 |
Spain: Barcelona en route from Athens |
International health conference on advances in clinical medicine |
199.25 |
|
November 2007 |
China: Beijing |
Food Safety Conference |
456.73 |
|
December 2007 |
Brussels |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
155.33 |
|
December 2007 |
Italy: Rome |
Health policies meeting |
427.00 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
June 2006 |
Luxembourg |
EU ministerial meeting |
484.10 |
|
July 2006 |
USA: Washington DC |
World conference on tobacco |
160.19 |
|
November 2006 |
Turkey: Istanbul |
WHO ministerial conference |
767.84 |
|
November 2006 |
France: Strasbourg |
Council of Europe Ministerial Conference |
374.00 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
March 2003 |
Cyprus |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
269.10 |
|
March 2004 |
Czech Republic: Prague |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,900.00 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
September 2002 |
Germany: Berlin |
UN conference on Ageing |
240.78 |
|
October 2002 |
Luxembourg |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
119.11 |
|
March 2003 |
UK: Manchester |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
194.08 |
|
March 2003 |
Malta |
Official visit to Malta |
206.39 |
|
January 2003 |
UK: London |
Visit to Camden Primary Trust |
307.28 |
|
May 2004 |
USA: New York and Washington DC |
Visit to US |
923.45 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
April 1999 |
Greece: Athens |
EU: Council of Health Ministers meeting |
257.77 |
|
May 2000 |
USA: Minneapolis |
Meeting with Minnesota Department of Health re Food Alerts |
1,250.39 |
|
Month of travel |
Destination |
Type of meeting attended |
Amount Claimed |
|
€ |
|||
|
March 1999 |
USA: Texas |
St Patrick’s Day Programme |
1,923.04 |
|
April 1999 |
Luxembourg & Brussels |
EU meetings |
480.70 |
|
June 1999 |
Luxembourg |
EU: General Affairs Council meeting |
231.07 |
|
October 1999 |
Finland: Helsinki |
European summit |
293.55 |
|
October 1999 |
USA: New Orleans |
Celtic Nations Heritage Festival |
1,155.61 |
|
November 1999 |
Norway: Oslo |
UN convention on the rights of the child |
442.26 |
|
December 1999 |
UK: London |
Irish National Youth Federation meeting |
423.34 |
