Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012
113. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for her Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47155/12]
View answerThe Department’s records show that the direct cost of staff attending conferences in the last 12 months, including registration fees, was €9,772. The associated travel and subsistence cost was €11,134. To place this total of less than €21,000 in context, the Department employs some 7,000 people.
