Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2013
553. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Defence 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. [23813/13]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. The cost to my Department of domestic travel and subsistence for each Minister and the Secretary General for the period 1 January 2005 to March 2011 is as follows:
|
Year |
Minister Willie O’Dea, T.D. 1/01/2005 to 18/2/2010 |
Minister Tony Killeen, T.D. 23/03/2010 to 19/01/2011 |
Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D. 20/01/2011 to 9/03/2011 |
Secretary General Mr. Michael Howard |
|
2005 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€3,238.83 |
|
2006 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€2,380.11 |
|
2007 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€1,505.44 |
|
2008 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€795.23 |
|
2009 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€1,327.20 |
|
2010 |
Nil |
Nil |
N/A |
€914.87 |
|
2011 |
N/A |
Nil |
Nil |
€1,385.85 |
The cost to my Department of foreign travel and subsistence for each Minister and for the Secretary General for the period 1 January 2005 to March 2011 is as follows:
|
Year |
Minister Willie O’Dea, T.D. 1/01/2005 to 18/2/2010 |
Minister Tony Killeen, T.D. 23/03/2010 to 19/01/2011 |
Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D. 20/01/2011 to 9/03/2011 |
Secretary General Mr. Michael Howard |
|
2005 |
€816.41 |
N/A |
N/A |
€2,349.12 |
|
2006 |
€651.67 |
N/A |
N/A |
€6,114.57 |
|
2007 |
€1,202.81 |
N/A |
N/A |
€7,113.09 |
|
2008 |
€1,549.33 |
N/A |
N/A |
€4,445.43 |
|
2009 |
Nil |
N/A |
N/A |
€3,338.61 |
|
2010 |
Nil |
€209.00 |
N/A |
€1,289.84 |
|
2011 |
N/A |
Nil |
Nil |
€731.20 |
The foreign travel costs set out above include the costs of commercial flights undertaken by the Ministers and the Secretary General in the performance of their duties. The Ministerial Air Transport Service provided by the Air Corps was also occasionally availed of by Ministers during the period in question.
No travel and subsistence was claimed by the Ministers of State for the period 2005 to March 2011.
