Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 July 2023
35. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the training and development and incidental expenses estimated to be incurred by his Department under Vote 28 in 2023. [34414/23]
View answerThe Department of Foreign Affairs, in common with other Government Departments, is allocated administrative funding each year for “training and development and incidental expenses”.
Funding for training and development includes foreign language support, course fees, professional memberships, conference and seminar fees and associated training costs. A variety of other administrative expenses are also covered from this allocation in the Revised Estimates. The table below provides the estimated expenditure in respect of Vote 28 for 2023.
|
Description of Expenditure |
2023 |
|
Advertising |
126,384 |
|
Bank Charges |
731,578 |
|
BIC Secretariat Funding |
34,500 |
|
Books, Subscriptions And Publications |
728,542 |
|
Currency Exchange Gain/Loss |
-300,000 |
|
Documents On Irish Foreign Policy |
255,000 |
|
Honorary Consuls |
485,000 |
|
Legal And Settlement Costs |
553,220 |
|
Official Entertainment |
562,000 |
|
Professional Fees And Outsourcing |
526,713 |
|
Training And Development |
1,524,130 |
|
Translation Services |
134,650 |
|
Vehicle Costs |
1,013,355 |
|
Vote 27 Management Fee |
-304,200 |
|
Wellbeing at Work Programme |
65,000 |
|
Other Costs |
64,128 |
