Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 February 2025
45. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Minister of State assigned to his Department in 2023 and 2024, respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/25]
View answerThis Department is fully compliant with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform guidelines and circulars on official travel and also operates its own detailed internal travel policy and regulations. The central aim of the Departmental travel policy is to minimise official travel costs and to achieve value for money for expenditure necessarily incurred, consistent with the effective discharge of official duties.
The amounts claimed by each Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of mileage in 2023 and 2024 are set out below.
|
Minister of State |
Mileage 2023 |
Mileage 2024 |
|
Minister of State, Seán Fleming |
€18,632 |
€18,324 |
|
Minister of State, Peter Burke |
€16,004 |
€6,568 |
|
Minister of State, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill* |
N/A |
€5,072 |
* This Department has a cross-billing arrangement in place with Department of An Taoiseach for Minister of State travel and subsistence costs. The above represents the value of mileage paid for by this Department for 2024. The remaining balance, for the final 3 months of 2024, will be billed shortly.
The amount of overnight subsistence claimed by all civilian drivers in 2023 and 2024 are set out below:
|
2023 |
€20,207 |
|
2024 |
€28,520 |
|
Total |
€48,727 |
