Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
1347. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that no Minister or Minister of State under his remit since 2011 has claimed overnight expenses for staying in Dublin. [14564/17]
View answerIn the period since February 2011 I have claimed expenses on 11 occasions in respect of accommodation in Dublin. On each of the 11 occasions it was necessary for me to overnight in Dublin as I had an early flight to allow me to undertake work abroad such as meetings at EU level or visits to our troops serving with UNDOF and UNTSO in the Middle East.
There is no record of any other Minister assigned to the Department of Defence in the period since February 2011 claiming overnight expenses for staying in Dublin.
