Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 April 2009
212 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of expense account credit cards paid by his Department; the credit limit on each card; the amount spent on expense account credit cards since 2004 to date in 2009; the instances where the annual expenditure on a single credit card exceeded €5,000 with the grade of the credit card holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16063/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.
|
Expense Account Credit Card Holder |
Credit Limit |
Year |
Expenditure |
|
€ |
€ |
||
|
Minister |
10,000 |
2008 |
1,760.48 |
|
2009 |
7.60 |
||
|
Private Secretary to Minister |
10,000 |
2004 |
825.29 |
|
2005 |
1,605.07 |
||
|
2006 |
5,829.65 |
||
|
2007 |
459.35 |
||
|
2008 |
3,240.74 |
||
|
2009 |
1,608.38 |
||
|
Private Secretary to Minister of State |
8,000 |
2004 |
477.10 |
|
2005 |
1,302.69 |
||
|
2006 |
3,131.01 |
||
|
2007 |
4,716.00 |
||
|
2008 |
1,878.00 |
||
|
2009 |
Nil |
The expenditure outlined above includes hotel accommodation for official business in Ireland and abroad, official travel costs, Government Duties and Annual Subscription Fees.
In addition to the cards above the Department's IT Unit has a credit card for the purposes of purchasing online IT-related goods. The IT Unit may also purchase IT consumables as a matter of urgency.
This card would not be classified as an expense account credit card.
