Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021
728. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/21]
View answerMy Department's travel and subsistence expenditure for 2020 and 2021 is set out in the table below.
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2020 (€'000) |
2021 January to May (€'000) |
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Travel & Subsistence (Home & Foreign) |
€657 |
€217 |
Due to the establishment of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science (DFHERIS) during 2020, an apportionment of travel and subsistence expenditure was required as part of the 2020 Appropriation Accounts. This was on the basis of full 2020 travel cost of each staff member being charged to the relevant Department, regardless of whether or not the staff member was working for the whole year in that Department. This is in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines. For example, if a staff member was working in a Department of Education business unit for the first six months of the year and then transferred to Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for the remaining six months the annual travel and subsistence cost for that staff member is charged to Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
