Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2016
400. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses incurred by each Minister of his Department for each of the years 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/16]
View answerDue to the timeframe covered by this PQ and the fact that the accounting records are archived my officials have extracted the information requested from previous PQ answers. Listed in the following tables are the details of the monies paid in expenses to each of the Ministers of State at my Department over the five year period, 2002-2007.
Minister of State Expenses - June 2002-September 2007
|
Minister of State, Conor Lenihan T.D. |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Mileage |
|
|
|
€21,677 |
€16,846 |
|
Subsistence |
|
|
€237 |
€6,910 |
€5,117 |
|
Total |
|
|
€237 |
€28,587 |
€21,963 |
|
Minister of State, Tom Kitt T.D. |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Mileage |
€9,605 |
€11,445 |
€25,159 |
|
|
|
Subsistence |
€1,949 |
€8,329 |
€6,790 |
|
|
|
Total |
€11,554 |
€19,774 |
€31,949 |
|
|
|
Minister of State, Michael Kitt T.D. |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Mileage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsistence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
Minister of State Noel Treacy T.D. |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Mileage |
|
|
€10,146 |
€21,277 |
€43,173 |
|
Subsistence |
|
|
€859 |
€4,164 |
€3,319 |
|
Total |
|
|
€11,005 |
€25,441 |
€46,492 |
|
Minister of State, Dick Roche T.D. |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
Mileage * |
€3,884 |
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|
Subsistence |
€1,330 |
€11,276 |
€8,539 |
€194 |
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|
Total |
€1,330 |
€11,276 |
€8,539 |
€4,078 |
* Mileage expenses incurred by MOS Roche from 2002 – 2004 were a charge on the Department of the Taoiseach.
The following table sets out the subsistence and mileage expenses paid to previous Ministers and Ministers of State of this Department during the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010. The table also includes official mobile phone charges paid on behalf of Ministers during this period:
|
Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
4,975 |
2,034 |
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|
Mobile Phone charges |
6,792 |
2,981 |
|
Mr Micheál Martin T.D., Minister For Foreign Affairs |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
|
3,917 |
2,805 |
- |
|
Mobile Phone charges |
|
1,037 |
823 |
1,461 |
|
Mr Noel Treacy T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
1,598 |
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|
Mileage |
36,462 |
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|
Mobile Phone charges |
676 |
|
Mr Dick Roche T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
1,499 |
6,145 |
1,981 |
4,310 |
|
Mileage |
13,311 |
28,467 |
21,564 |
17,242 |
|
Mobile Phone charges |
|
|
476 |
1,442 |
|
Mr Michael Kitt T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
1,077 |
880 |
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|
Mileage |
13,322 |
17,697 |
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|
Mobile Phone charges |
896 |
1,082 |
|
Mr Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
903 |
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|
Mileage |
8,177 |
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|
Mobile Phone charges |
1,492 |
|
Mr Peter Power T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development |
2007- € |
2008 - € |
2009 - € |
2010 - € |
|
Subsistence |
|
3,714 |
3,751 |
3,227 |
|
Mileage |
|
15,175 |
27,919 |
9,144 |
|
Mobile Phone charges |
|
1,341 |
748.00 |
1,870 |
All expenditure is paid on a vouched basis apart from subsistence and mileage expenses relating to official travel which are paid at Department of Finance rates and in accordance with normal regulations. Official mobile phone costs were paid directly by the Department to the service providers. In addition to the above, the Department paid directly for a range of services related to the conduct of the Ministers’ official business, including airfares, hotel costs, car hire, airport charges, etc.
