Vol. 495 No. 3
58 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details regarding the dates, location, purpose of trip, mode of transport, duration of stay, persons accompanying him and the cost of each visit to the Exchequer in relation to official visits abroad undertaken by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/98]
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to overseas trips undertaken by my predecessor, Deputy Ruairi Quinn, is set out in the following table. The costs shown in each case are the costs of commercial airfares borne by the Department, a significant amount of which would subsequently have been recouped from the Council of the European Council. The costs of travelling with the Air Corps or on the air taxi were borne by the Department of Defence.
|
Dates |
Destination |
Purpose |
Passengers |
Type of aircraft |
Cost to Exchequer |
|
£ |
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|
15/1/95-16/1/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
3,184.90 |
|
20/2/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps/Commercial |
312.50 |
|
20/3/95-21/3/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN/European Parliament |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Programme Manager and 2 Officials |
Commercial |
3,825.00 |
|
9/4/95-11/4/95 |
London |
EBRD |
Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
22/5/95-29/5/95 |
Brussels/Paris/Washington |
ECOFIN/OECD/White House Conference |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Personal Secretary and 3 Officials |
Commercial |
15,951.20 |
|
18/6/95-19/6/95 |
Luxembourg |
EIB/ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser plus 3 Officials |
Commercial |
1,371.00 |
|
24/6/95-27/6/95 |
Cannes |
European Council |
Private Secretary, Programme Manager plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
1,615.20 |
|
10/7/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
18/7/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Press Officer, Programme Manager plus 3 Officials |
Air Corps/Commercial |
305.12 |
|
29/9/95-1/10/95 |
Valencia |
Informal ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser, Secretary of the Department and wife, Governor of the Central Bank and wife |
Air Corps/Commercial |
1,835.00 |
|
4/10/95-5/10/95 |
London |
Irish Embassy Reception |
Programme Manager and Press Officer |
Commercial |
711.80 |
|
6/10/95-15/10/95 |
United States |
IMF/World Bank Annual General Meetings |
Programme Manager, Private Secretary, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
15,072.25 |
|
23/10/95 |
Luxembourg |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser and 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
27/11/95 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 3 Officials |
Commercial |
4,234.34 |
|
11/12/95-12/12/95 |
Madrid |
Launch of Ireland/Spain Business Association |
1 Official |
Commercial |
798.00 |
|
14/12/95-16/12/95 |
Madrid |
European Council |
Private Secretary plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps/Commercial |
838.00 |
|
10/1/96-11/1/96 |
Paris |
Funeral of President Mitterand |
Commercial |
647.70 |
|
|
2/2/96 |
Switzerland |
World Economic Forum |
1 Official |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
12/2/96-14/2/96 |
Stockholm |
Discussions with Swedish Finance Minister |
Private Secretary, Programme Manager and 1 Official |
Commercial |
3,461.20 |
|
21/2/96-24/2/96 |
Florida and New York |
Council Meeting of AFL/CIO; IFI Dinner |
Press Officer and Programme Manager |
Commercial |
10,796.10 |
|
10/3/96-11/3/96 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
2,573.75 |
|
12/4/96-15/4/96 |
Verona and Sofia |
ECOFIN and EBRD |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser, Personal Secretary plus 1 Official |
Commercial/Air Corps |
5,721.70 |
|
6/5/96-7/5/96 |
Brussels |
Police Committee of European Parliament |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 1 Official |
Commercial |
2,347.77 |
|
18/5/96-22/5/96 |
Paris |
OECD |
Minister's wife, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
2,284.00 |
|
2/6/96-3/6/96 |
Luxembourg |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 3 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
20/6/96-21/6/96 |
Florence |
European Council |
Private Secretary, Programme Manager plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
26/6/96 |
Athens |
Funeral of President Papandreou |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
|
7/7/96-9/7/96 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Minister of State Coveney, Private Secretary, Private Secretary to Minister of State, Press Officer, Special Adviser, Special Adviser to Minister of State plus 7 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
16/7/96-17/7/96 |
Strasbourg |
European Parliament |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser, Programme Manager plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi/Air Corps |
No cost |
|
26/8/96-29/8/96 |
Chicago |
IDA Promotional Visit |
Programme Manager, Press Officer plus 1 Official |
Commercial |
14,170.80 |
|
3/9/96 |
Frankfurt |
EMI Council Meeting |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
25/9/96-27/9/96 |
Versailles and Berlin |
European Chairmen's Symposium and Conference on Common Currency |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
28/9/96-5/10/96 |
Washington |
IMF/World Bank Meeting |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Programme Manager plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
13,581.20 |
|
13/10/96-14/10/96 |
Luxembourg |
ECOFIN |
Minister of State Coveney, Private Secretary, Special Adviser plus 4 Officials |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
20/10/96-22/10/96 |
Budapest |
Meeting with Hungarian Finance Minister |
Programme Manager plus 3 Officials |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
28/10/96-29/10/96 |
Dresden and Berlin |
Conference on European Monetary Union |
Special Adviser, Personal Secretary plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
7/11/96 |
London |
EBRD |
Programme Manager plus 2 Officials |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
10/11/96-11/11/96 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Minister of State Coveney, Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser, Special Adviser to Minister of State plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
21/11/96-22/11/96 |
Frankfurt |
European Banking Conference |
Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
27/11/96 |
Brussels |
European Parliament Committee on European Monetary Union |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
1/12/96-3/12/96 |
Brussels and Madrid |
ECOFIN and Spanish/Irish Business Community Event |
Private Secretary, Press Officer, Special Adviser plus 2 Officials, Private Secretary, Press Officer, Programme Manager plus 1 Official |
Air Taxi/Commercial |
2,355.00 |
|
17/12/96 |
Brussels |
Economic, Monetary and Industrial Policy Committee of the European Parliament |
Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Air Taxi |
No cost |
|
27/1/97-28/1/97 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer and 2 Officials |
Commercial |
2,925.40 |
|
16/2/97-17/2/97 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Press Officer plus 1 Official |
Commercial |
1,908.80 |
|
23/2/97-27/2/97 |
Washington and New York |
IDA Promotional Visit |
Programme Manager, Press Officer plus 1 Official |
Commercial |
13,506.80 |
|
16/3/97-17/3/97 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Commercial |
3,052.36 |
|
4/4/97-6/4/97 |
Noordwijk |
Informal ECOFIN |
Minister's wife, Secretary of the Department and wife, Governor of the Central Bank and wife, Personal Secretary and 1 Official |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
13/4/97-15/4/97 |
London |
EBRD |
Private Secretary, Press Officer and Programme Manager |
Air Corps/Commercial |
660.80 |
|
2/5/97-6/5/97 |
Helsinki |
Meeting with Finnish Finance Minister |
Minister's wife and son, Press Officer and 2 Officials |
Air Corps/Commercial |
3,853.50 |
|
12/5/97 |
Brussels |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser and Press Officer |
Commercial |
2,514.40 |
|
8/6/98-9/6/98 |
Luxembourg |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Special Adviser, Press Officer plus 2 Officials |
Air Corps |
No cost |
|
15/6/97-17/6/97 |
Amsterdam |
ECOFIN |
Private Secretary, Programme Manager, Press Officer plus 1 Official |
Air Corps |
No cost |
