asked the Minister for External Affairs the total amount provided by the Exchequer towards legations abroad; and if he will give details as to how this money was spent.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Expenditure on Irish Legations.
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Estimate No. 45 in the Book of Estimates for the Public Services shows the amount provided from the Exchequer for our missions abroad and sets out how it is expended.
Can the Minister give details as to how that money was spent? Is that information given?
There are reasonable details given in the Book of Estimates.
I do not think they are reasonable at all. I should like to see details of how this money provided here was spent.
I must say we had difficulty because the Deputy did not ask the question in relation to any particular year, and where are we to stop? Are we to produce all our books and ledgers, or where do we end? I think the Book of Estimates sets out in reasonable detail how the money was expended.