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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 February 2022

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Questions (152)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by her Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and-or special advisers since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if she will provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on, to include the final destination of travel episode, by year, and the full cost of same. [8512/22]

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The following table details the foreign travel episodes arranged for the persons concerned and undertaken from 1 January 2018 to date.

Purpose

Number   Travelling

Destination

Departure Date

Return Date

Total Cost

Presidential  delegation

1

Athens

20/02/2018

24/02/2018

€504.82

St Patrick's Day

3

Paris

14/03/2018

16/03/2018

€1,373.73

Future of Work Conference

3

Sofia

20/03/2018

22/03/2018

€1,542.47

Informal EPSCO

3

Sofia

16/04/2018

18/04/2018

€3,819.31

Meeting DWP (Brexit)

3

London

23/04/2018

23/04/2018

€478.02

OECD Meeting

3

Montreal

13/05/2018

15/05/2018

€6,155.21

EPSCO

3

Luxembourg

20/06/2018

21/06/2018

€1,873.08

EPSCO

3

Luxembourg

10/10/2018

11/10/2018

€944.01

EPSCO

3

Brussels

05/12/2018

06/12/2018

€716.43

St Patrick's Day

3

Rome - Malta

15/03/2019

19/03/2019

€1,403.69

Conference/Informal   EPSCO

3

Brussels -   Bucharest

08/04/2019

11/04/2019

€1,365.66

EPSCO

3

Luxembourg

12/06/2019

13/06/2019

€704.10

Informal EPSCO

3

Brussels

07/07/2019

08/07/2019

€865.27

EPSCO

3

Luxembourg

23/10/2019

24/10/2019

€686.10

EPSCO

3

Brussels

09/12/2019

10/12/2019

€1,415.25

No Ministerial or related foreign travel was undertaken in 2020 and 2021. 

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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