Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
465. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of officials in his Department that receive the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as part of their contract of employment; the total cost per year to his Department to pay these fees. [51373/13]
View answerThe Department does not pay any membership fees on behalf of its officials for sports club or indeed any club membership.
The Department, however does pay membership fees for some staff for membership of professional bodies associated with their duties. Some examples of these bodies are:
- Engineers Ireland;
- Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors;
- Institute of Marine Engineering.
As this information is not kept in a central location, I have requested my officials to collate the information requested and forward it directly.
