Vol. 434 No. 2
370 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of visits he has made abroad since taking up office; the destination, date, duration of these visits; the purpose of these visits; the number of officials and others who accompanied the Minister; the airline used on each visit; and the overall cost of each visit.
Since taking up office on 12 January 1993 I have made a total of six visits abroad on official business. The following table gives the information requested regarding each of these visits.
|
Destination |
Dates |
Purpose |
Number of Officials Accompanying |
Airline |
Cost |
|
£ |
|||||
|
Chicago, USA |
14-3-93 to 20-3-93 |
Industrial promotion and attendance at St. Patrick's Day celebration |
One |
Are Lingus and TWA |
5,560.13 |
|
Teheran, Iran |
18-4-93 to 21-4-93 |
Meetings with Iranian Health Ministry |
Three |
Aer Lingus, Lufthansa and British Airways |
11,079.79 |
|
Geneva, Switzerland |
04-5-93 to 7-5-93 |
Attendance at WHO assembly |
One |
Aer Lingus and Swiss Air |
4,919.90 |
|
Brussels, Belgium |
26-5-93 to 27-5-93 |
Attendance at EC Council of Health Ministers |
Four |
Aer Lingus |
3,400.88 |
|
Copenhagen, Denmark |
29-8-93 to 31-8-93 |
Attendance at WHO regional assembly (meeting of Health Ministers) |
Four |
Government jet |
3,500.00(est) |
|
Brussels, Belgium |
06-9-93 to 07-9-93 |
Meeting with Belgium Health Minister and with EC Commissioners |
Three |
Government jet |
1,000.00(est) |
|
Total Cost |
29,460.70 |
371 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of visits his Minister of State has made abroad since taking up office; the destination, date and duration of these visits; for what purpose these visits were made; the number of officials and others who accompanied the Minister of State; the airline used on each visit; and the overall cost of each visit.
The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea, made one visit abroad on official business since taking up office. He travelled to Brussels from 26 to 27 September 1993 to attend a meeting of the Internal Market Council and was accompanied by two officials. They travelled on Aer Lingus and the Government jet. The estimated total cost of this visit is £1,500.
