asked the Minister for External Affairs the number of days he has been out of the country during the last five years; the destinations to which he travelled and the reasons therefor; the length of his stay; and the cost of his travelling expenses and his stay in each case.
Written Answers. - Minister's Absences from State.
106.
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tabular statement:
|
Destination to which the Minister travelled |
Purpose of the Visit |
Length of stay(Days) |
Travelling and Subsistence Expenses |
||
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
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|
Strasbourg |
Attendance at the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe. |
1 |
39 |
7 |
3 |
|
New York |
Attendance at the 15th Session (resumed) of the General Assembly of the United nations. |
25 |
447 |
5 |
0 |
|
London |
Economic Discussions. |
1 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
|
Leopoldville and Elizabethville |
Visit to the Congo in connection with the Katanga Crisis. |
10 |
384 |
0 |
10 |
|
Paris |
Attendance at Ministerial Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. |
2 |
56 |
13 |
0 |
|
New York |
Attendance at the 16th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
31 |
596 |
7 |
6 |
|
Rome |
Accompanying an tUachtarán on State Visit to Pope John XXIII on the occasion of the conclusion of the Patrician Year. |
8 |
160 |
10 |
7 |
|
Strasbourg and St. Malo. |
(1) Attendance at the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe. (2) To inspect the Range Tidal Power Project. |
7 |
109 |
7 |
1 |
|
New York |
Attendance at the 17th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
62 |
985 |
8 |
1 |
|
Paris |
Attendance at the Ministerial Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. |
2 |
42 |
16 |
5 |
|
Paris |
Attendance at the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe. |
1 |
45 |
3 |
7 |
|
London |
(i) National University Club, London. Dinner on St. Patrick's Day. |
3 |
43 |
3 |
1 |
|
(ii) Anglo-Irish Trade Talks on 18th March, 1963. |
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|
Strasbourg |
Attendance at the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe and to present the Report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to the Consultative Assembly. |
4 |
111 |
17 |
11 |
|
Rome |
Obsequies of the late Pope John XXIII. |
1 |
85 |
18 |
2 |
|
Rome |
Coronation of His Holiness Pope Paul VI. |
3 |
135 |
17 |
9 |
|
New York |
Attendance at the 18th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
41 |
674 |
12 |
10 |
|
Paris |
Attendance at the Ministerial Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. |
3 |
48 |
13 |
8 |
|
Washington |
Attendance at the funeral of President Kennedy. |
2 |
397 |
4 |
10 |
|
London and Brussels |
(i) Anglo-Irish Economic Meeting. |
1 |
42 |
16 |
3 |
|
(ii) Discussion on Ireland's application to join EEC. |
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|
Oslo |
Official visit to Oslo. |
2 |
70 |
16 |
0 |
|
Strasbourg |
Attendance at the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe. |
3 |
98 |
11 |
3 |
|
Washington and Ottawa. |
Accompanying an tUachtarán on State Visit to the United States and Canada. |
8 |
275 |
0 |
6 |
|
Lusaka |
To represent the Government at the Independence Ceremonies of Zambia. |
13 |
517 |
3 |
0 |
|
San Francisco and New York. |
(i) To speak at the Common-wealth Club of California 26 to 28 November, 1964. |
19 |
446 |
17 |
6 |
|
(ii) Attendance at the 19th Session of the United Nations General Assembly 28 Nov.-14 Dec. 1964. |
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|
(i) London |
(i) Representing the Government at the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. |
3 |
46 |
9 |
10 |
|
(ii) Liverpool |
(ii) To perform opening ceremony of new Irish Centre. |
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|
New York |
Attendance at the United Nations Disarmament Commission. |
11 |
424 |
10 |
0 |
|
New York |
Attendance at the 20th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
88 |
1,353 |
0 |
4 |
|
355 |