Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2013

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Questions (549)

Thomas Pringle

Question:

549. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit in Doha, including accommodation, cost per person, the number of persons attending from the Irish delegation and the Departments/agencies or otherwise that they represented, flights, subsistence, visas and any other costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/13]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

I refer to the replies to Question No. 422 of 4 December 2012 and to Question Nos. 287 and 307 of 11 December 2012. Details of costs incurred in respect of attendance at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC by myself and nine officials from my Department are included in the table below:

Costs	€
Flights	€5,524.10
Accommodation	€17,775
Subsistence (8 DECLG officials have claimed to date)	€8,417.56
Taxis; public transport	€364.88
Other costs (including phone calls back to office)	€ 211.19

Full information in respect of costs incurred by Irish delegates from other Departments and Agencies is not available in my Department.