Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2013
570. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each Minister and 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. [23809/13]
View answerThe total travel and subsistence expenses claimed by each Minister, Minister of State and Secretary General in my Department for each year from 1 January 2005 to 9 March 2011 is set out in the table. The figures do not include air fares purchased on their behalf by the Department but include transport and hotel accommodation relating to official business within Ireland and abroad.
|
Minister/Minister of State |
Year |
Travel & Subsistence Expenses claimed |
|
Mary Coughlan Minister (1/1/2005 – 6 /5/2008) |
2005 |
€9,857.14 |
|
2006 |
€14,437.37 |
|
|
2007 |
€24,752.61 |
|
|
2008 |
€7,634.29 |
|
|
Brendan Smith Minister (7/5/2008-9/3/2011) |
2008 |
€2,003.91 |
|
2009 |
€2,252.75 |
|
|
2010 |
€4,545.73 |
|
|
2011 |
Nil |
|
|
Brendan Smith Minister of State (1/1/2005-12/7/2007) |
2005 |
€39,233.23 |
|
2006 |
€40,036.32 |
|
|
2007 |
€12,091.43 |
|
|
Minister of State/Secretary General |
Year |
Travel & Subsistence Expenses claimed |
|
John Browne Minister of State (1/1/2005-12/5/2008) |
2005 |
€43,055.02 |
|
2006 |
€7,247.37 |
|
|
2007 |
€21,646.24 |
|
|
2008 |
€19,734.13 |
|
|
Mary Wallace Minister of State (29/5/2006-7/5/2008) |
2006 |
€40,819.52 |
|
2007 |
€48,718.44 |
|
|
2008 |
€17,083.88 |
|
Minister of State |
Year |
Travel and Subsistence Expenses claimed |
|
Trevor Sargent Minister of State (26/6/2007-23/3/2010 ) |
2007 |
€9,694.87 |
|
2008 |
€20,949.76 |
|
|
2009 |
€12,233.66 |
|
|
2010 |
€2,901.58 |
|
|
Tony Killeen Minister of State (7/5/2008-22/3/2010) |
2008
|
€22,900.16 |
|
2009 |
€33,801.57 |
|
|
2010 |
€7,370.77 |
|
|
Sean Connick Minister of State (23/2/2010-9/3/2011) |
2010 |
€19,277.32 |
|
2011 |
€2,470.31 |
|
|
Tom Moran Secretary General (1/1/2005-9/3/2011) |
2005 |
€10,056.16 |
|
2006 |
€7,564.55 |
|
|
2007 |
€8,936.86 |
|
|
2008 |
€7,915.64 |
|
|
2009 |
€5,319.13 |
|
|
2010 |
€6,882.84 |
|
|
2011 |
€1,417.50 |
