Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 July 2016
535. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the foreign travel that Meath Partnership has been involved in the past ten years; the funding that was used to provide for this travel; and the benefits of these meetings. [22162/16]
View answerWhile Meath Partnership operates a number of programmes/initiatives on behalf of the State, it also conducts its own business as a private limited company. Accordingly, Meath Partnership is obliged to provide information relating to travel undertaken in respect of programmes under my Department’s remit only. In that regard, I am advised that travel and subsistence to the value of €81,569 was claimed by Meath Partnership in respect of the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme between 2009 and 2015. I understand that this figure includes all travel expenditure in respect of LEADER, both domestic and foreign, as there was no requirement for separate reporting.
