Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
1292. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm that no Minister or Minister of State under her remit since 2011 has claimed overnight expenses for staying in Dublin. [14567/17]
View answerSince 2011 no Ministers or Ministers of State at my Department have claimed overnight expenses for staying in Dublin.
In July and September 2016, the Department paid for the hotel accommodation costs for three separate nights for Minister John Halligan T.D. who needed to have overnight hotel accommodation adjacent to Dublin airport. The total costs borne by the Department for the three nights amounted to €443.
The overnights were required on two occasions as the Minister had very early morning flights out of Dublin.
The third overnight was necessitated by a late evening flight arrival into Dublin whereby the Minister had an early morning meeting in the Oireachtas the following day.
