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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Questions (14)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

14. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5242/24]

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The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has undertaken 31 visits overseas on official business since taking up his current role, some involving multiple destinations. The table below outlines the dates and destinations of each visit and the associated flight and hotel costs.  In some cases, there are no commercial flight costs, as the Government jet was used, while in other cases there are no accommodation costs or reduced costs, because the Tánaiste was hosted by the relevant authorities.

Dates

Destination(s)

Hotel Cost

Flight Cost

09/01/2023 - 10/01/2023

Brussels

€214

Air Corps

22/01/2023 - 23/01/2023

Brussels

€214

Air Corps

07/02/2023 - 10/02/2023

Washington DC

€449

€3,907

17/02/2023 - 20/02/2023

Munich and Brussels

€784

Air Corps

26/02/2023 - 27/02/2023

Geneva

€169

Air Corps

13/03/2023 - 20/03/2023

New York and Boston

€2,809

€3,702

23/04/2023 - 24/04/2023

Luxembourg

€230

€394

11/05/2023 - 13/05/2023

Stockholm

€0

Air Corps

21/05/2023 - 23/05/2023

Brussels

€214

Air Corps

15/06/2023 - 16/06/2023

Jersey

€226

€236

18/06/2023 - 19/06/2023

London

€323

Air Corps

25/06/2023 - 26/06/2023

Luxembourg

€210

Air Corps

28/06/2023 - 29/06/2024

Brussels

€399

€292

16/07/2023 - 21/07/2023

South Africa and Mozambique 

€1,061

€4,074

29/08/2023 - 31/08/2023

Toledo

€0

Air Corps

31/08/2023 - 03/09/2023

Oxford

€287

Air Corps

04/09/2023 - 08/09/2023

Israel, the oPt and Jordan

€0

Air Corps

16/09/2023 - 20/09/2023

New York

€2,077

€5,479

01/10/2023 - 03/10/2023

Kyiv

€182

Air Corps

19/10/2023 - 20/10/2023

Cardiff 

€244

Air Corps

22/10/2023 - 23/10/2023

Luxembourg

€240

Air Corps

05/11/2023 - 09/11/2023

China

€412

€6,902

12/11/2023 - 14/11/2023

Brussels

€214

€101

14/11/2023 - 16/11/2023

Egypt, Israel and the oPt

€171

Air Corps

26/11/2023 - 27/11/2023

Barcelona

€0

Air Corps

05/12/2023 - 08/12/2023

Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

€954

€4,798

10/12/2023 - 11/12/2023

Brussels

€214

Air Corps

13/12/2023 - 13/12/2023

London

€0

Air Corps

07/01/2024 - 12/01/2024

Mexico City and Bogotá

€974

€6,474

17/01/2024 - 19/01/2024

Berlin

€0

€168

21/01/2024 - 22/01/2024

Brussels

€224

Air Corps

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