Consular Services Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Ceisteanna (133)

Michael Healy-Rae

Ceist:

133. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs and expenses for the Irish Embassy to Italy for the last full year of its operation before its transfer to Villa Spada in 2012, to include rent, salaries, travel, residence, maintenance, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26003/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Embassy to Italy incurred total expenditure of €1,568,066 in the last full year (2011) prior to its transfer to Villa Spada. Following the closure of the Embassy to the Holy See in November 2011, the Embassy to Italy and the residence of the Ambassador to Italy were relocated to the State-owned Villa Spada, formerly occupied by the Embassy to the Holy See.