Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2013
135. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each Minister, Minister of State and Secretary General in his Department, for each year in the period 2005 to March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/13]
View answerThe amounts claimed by each Minister, Minister of State and Secretary General in my Department in respect of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, for each year in the period 2005 to March 2011 are set out below.
Given the nature of my Department’s responsibilities Ministers, Ministers of State and Secretaries General are obliged to undertake a significant amount of official travel.
My Department is fully compliant with the Department of Finance guidelines on official travel and also operates its own detailed internal travel guidelines. The central aim of the Departmental travel policy is to minimise official travel costs and to achieve value for money for expenditure necessarily incurred, consistent with the effective discharge of official duties.
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Minister |
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- |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Minister Dermot Ahern 2005-2008 |
12,085 |
5,445 |
5,144 |
1,969 |
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- |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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Minister Micheál Martin 2008-2011 |
3,737 |
2,601 |
Nil |
2,367* |
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- |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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Minister Noel Treacy 2005-2007 |
22,307 |
49,393 |
37,884 |
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- |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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MoS Dick Roche 2007-2011 |
14,544 |
34,524 |
23,549 |
21,552 |
3,684 |
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- |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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MoS Conor Lenihan 2005-2007 |
18,075 |
22,034 |
9,080 |
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- |
2007 |
2008 |
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MoS Micheal Kitt 2007-2008 |
14,533 |
18,577 |
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- |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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MoS Peter Power 2008-11 |
19,266 |
31,670 |
12,483 |
2,402** |
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- |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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Secretary General Dermot Gallagher 2005-2009 |
6,384 |
10,981 |
9,027 |
6,192 |
847 |
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- |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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Secretary General David Cooney 2009 to date |
2,763 |
3,512 |
623 |
*Minister Martin expenses paid in 2011 for Travel expenses incurred in 2010, €2,367.
** MoS Power received €2,402 in July 2011 subsequent to leaving office in respect of closing mileage adjustment for the period up to March 2011.
