The table shows the costs borne by my Department to date for the official foreign engagements that I and my Ministerial colleagues, Minister Breen and Minister Halligan, have undertaken since our appointments in May 2016.
In a number of instances, the columns which show “Not applicable” indicate that travel undertaken was either on a single day and did not involve overnight accommodation costs or that certain costs were borne by other parties such as the EU, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland.
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Minister / Officials
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Location
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Purpose
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Dates
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Cost of flights
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Cost of accommodation
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Travel & Subsistence costs
|
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Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
Trade Council Meeting
|
12.05.2016 - 13.05.2016
|
€572.93
|
€168.25
|
€126.57
|
|
Private Secretary
+ 2 Senior Officials
|
|
|
12.05.2016 - 13.05.2016
|
€1,010.85
(for 3 return flights)
|
€504.75
[for 3 people]
|
€468.53
(for 3 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
Trade Council Meeting
|
26.05.2016
|
€405.97
|
Not applicable
|
€72.33
|
|
Private Secretary
+ Special Advisor + 3 Senior Officials
|
|
|
26.05.2016
|
€1,517.86
(for 5 return flights)
|
Not applicable for Private Secretary and Special Advisor.
€149.50 per person x 3 Senior Officials as overnight involved.
|
€897.32
(for 5 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Leeds, England.
|
Visit in advance of UK Referendum
|
07.06.2016
|
€59.26 per person
|
N/A – day trip.
|
€0.00
|
|
Private Secretary +
Special Advisor
|
|
|
|
|
|
€69.36 (for 2).
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Farnborough, England.
|
Enterprise Ireland clients @ Farnborough International Air Show
|
12.07.2016 – 13.07.2016
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
€83.68
|
|
Private Secretary
+ Special Advisor
|
|
|
|
|
|
€335.19
(total for 2 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
Meetings with EU Commissioner Bienkowska and EU Commissioner Malmstrom.
|
05.09.2016
|
€100.98
|
N/A – day trip
|
€36.16
|
|
Private Secretary
+ Special Advisor + 2 Senior Officials
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
|
|
€647.92
(total for 4 people )
|
€111.80 in accommodation costs for 1 official as overnight involved.
|
€340.62
(total for 4 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
EU Competitiveness Council
|
29.09.2016
|
€76.48
|
Not applicable
|
€36.16
|
|
Private Secretary + Special Advisor + 2 Senior Officials
|
|
Senior Officials 28th & 29th (2 nights)
|
|
€411.94
( for 4 return flights)
|
N/A for Private Secretary and Special Advisor. €164.50 p/p for 2 officials as overnight involved for 2 days of Council meetings.
|
€531.84
( for 4 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
San Francisco + Los Angeles,
USA
|
IDA Marketing Programme to the West Coast United States of America
|
17.10.2016 – 22.10.2016
[6 days]
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
€203.05
|
|
Private Secretary + Special Advisor + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
|
|
€453.22
(or 3 people )
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
London, England
|
Meeting with Secretaries of State Clark and Fox
|
02.11.2016
|
€171.87
|
N/A – day trip
|
€67.31
|
|
Special Advisor & 1 Official
|
|
|
|
€432.68
(for 2)
|
|
€62.64
(for 2 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Shenzhen and Beijing, China
+
Tokyo, Japan
|
EI & IDA Trade and Investment Programme to China and Japan
|
14.112016 – 19.11.2016
[ 6 days ]
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
Costs borne directly by the Agency
|
€445.89
|
|
Private Secretary + Special Advisor + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
|
|
€206.44
(for 3 people)
|
|
Minister Mitchell O'Connor
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
EU Competitiveness Council
|
28.11.2016
|
€181.97
|
N/A
|
€36.16
|
|
Private Secretary + 2 Officials
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
|
28.11.2016
|
€540.89 ( for 3 people)
|
N/A for Private Secretary. Officials required for 2 days of meetings. €313.10 (for 2)
|
€435.82
(for 3 people)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Luxembourg
|
EPSCO Council
|
1.6.2016/
2.6.2016
|
€1,922.87
[Return via London. Flight delayed out of Luxembourg. This necessitated purchase of replacement flight at short notice to enable to get home for Ministerial event early the next morning.]
|
€179.61
|
€134.10
|
|
Senior Official
|
|
|
|
€589.85
|
€185
|
€281.12
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
International Labour Organisation Conference
|
8.6.2016/
9.6.2016
|
€518.70
|
€231.19
|
€252.05
|
|
Senior Official
|
|
|
|
€195.82
|
€242.32
|
€252.67
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Bratislava,
Slovakia
|
EU Competitiveness Council
|
17.7.2016/
18.7.2016
|
€529.28 per person
|
€85.51
|
€24.50
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
|
€429.05
[for 2]
|
€137.24
[for 2]
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Minneapolis, USA
|
Trade Mission
|
18.9.16/ 22.9.16
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€352.16
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
|
|
€550.42
[2 people]
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Luxembourg
|
CETA meeting
|
17.10.16/
18.10.16
|
€804.91
|
Costs borne by EU
|
€188.41
|
|
Private Secretary
|
|
|
|
€804.91
|
Costs borne by EU
|
€127.59
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
EU Trade Council
|
10.11.16 /11.11.16
|
€83.99
|
N/A
|
€126.58
|
|
Private Secretary + 2 Senior Officials
|
|
|
|
€374.65
|
€96.15 per person
|
€375.11
(for 3 people)
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
India
|
Trade Mission
|
14.11.16/
21.11.16
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€254.74
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€182.65
(for 2 people)
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Warsaw,
Poland
|
Trade Event
|
24.11.16/
25.11.16
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€174.65
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€168.68
[for 2 people]
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Brussels,
Belgium
|
EPSCO Council
|
7.12.16/
8.11.16
|
€135.98
|
€180
|
€162.75
|
|
Private Secretary + 2 Senior Officials
|
|
|
|
€321.94
(for 3)
|
€540
(for 3 people)
|
€674.05
[for 3 people]
|
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
Dubai,
UAE.
|
Trade Mission
|
29.1.17/
1.2.17
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€0
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
€0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
Bratislava,
Slovakia
|
European Co-operation in Science & Technology Ministerial Conference
|
22.9.16 /23.9.16
|
€90.19
|
Costs borne by EU Presidency
|
€296.05
|
|
Private Secretary
|
|
|
|
€90.19
|
Costs borne by EU Presidency
|
€180.25
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
Kyoto & Osaka, Japan
+ onward leg to
Seoul, South Korea
|
(i)EU-Japan Science Policy Forum
(ii) Meeting of the Science & Technology Forum
(iii) RD&I Collaboration Mission n Science & Technology Ministerial Conference
|
1.10.16 / 8.10.16
[8 days ]
|
€1,474.73
|
€1,675.10
|
€1,017.94
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
€2,949.46
(for 2 people)
|
€3,350.02
(for 2 people)
|
€1,505.96
(for 2 people)
|
|
Other Costs incurred
Room Hire (for some meetings) and Car Hire for delegation in Japan & South Korean
|
|
|
|
|
|
€1,082.33
[8 days]
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
Trento, Italy
|
International Space Forum (Ministerial)
|
23.10.16 – 25.10.16
|
€585.97
|
€230 per person
|
€523.19 (includes London trip 25/26th Oct below)
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
€1262.93
(for 2 people)
|
|
€614.43
(for 2 people)
(T&S also includes London trip 25/26th Oct below for Private Secretary)
|
|
Return transport from Verona to Trento for Ministerial delegation
|
|
|
|
|
|
€610
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
London,
England
|
Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission
|
25.10.16 – 26.10.16
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
-
|
|
Private Secretary
|
|
|
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
Costs borne by Agency
|
-
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
Vietnam + Laos
|
Accompanying President Higgins
|
7.11.16 – 11.11.16
(5 days)
|
Costs borne by DFAT
|
Costs borne by DFAT
|
€441.75
|
|
Private Secretary
|
|
|
|
Costs borne by DFAT
|
Costs borne by DFAT
|
€324.34
|
|
Minister John Halligan
|
Lucerne, Switzerland
|
European Space Agency Ministerial Council
|
30.11.16 – 2.12.16
|
€300.98
|
€544
|
€85.44
|
|
Private Secretary + 1 Senior Official
|
|
|
|
€398.94
(for 2 people)
|
€1,329.87
(For 2 people. Official required to stay additional night)
|
€589.71
(for 2 people)
|
