Ministerial Allowances

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 January 2016

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Questions (347)

Michael McGrath

Question:

347. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar year, during the current Dáil Éireann, in tabular form. [3809/16]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Travel expenses claimed and paid to date, including the amount of kilometres travelled and the amounts claimed, by Ministers and Ministers of State of my Department, by calendar year, during the current Dáil are as follows:

Minister Kelly	-
Year	2014	2015
Foreign Subsistence	€865	€5,232
Domestic Subsistence	€211	€818
No. of Kilometres	28,694	65,420
Travel Expenses Paid	€8,166	€20,589

Minister Hogan
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014
Foreign Subsistence	€2,365	€3,893	€3,213	€1,122
Domestic Subsistence	€772	€683	€544	€290
No. of Kilometres	31,103	58,638	65,511	44,428
Travel Expenses Paid	€10,822	€18,659	€20,615	€14,615

Minister of State O'Dowd
Year	2011	2012	2013
Foreign Subsistence	€380	€2,047	€1,303
Domestic Subsistence	€0	€73	€0
No. of Kilometres	0	0	0
Travel Expenses Paid	€0	€0	€0

Minister of State O'Sullivan
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014
Foreign Subsistence	€0	€671	€666	€390
Domestic Subsistence	€0	€179	€294	€210
No. of Kilometres	1,368	29,782	33,152	17,210
Travel Expenses Paid	€632	€10,208	€11,405	€6,868

Furthermore, my Department has reimbursed the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of certain expenses claimed by my colleague Minister of State Phelan in her capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for rural economic development issues, details of which are as follows:

Minister of State Phelan
Year	2015
Foreign Subsistence	€478
Domestic Subsistence	€1,274
No. of Kilometres	Not Available
Travel Expenses Paid	€8,225