Jack Chambers
Ceist:2337. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34208/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2337. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34208/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of the expenditure outlays on travel and subsistence by my Department in 2017 and to date in 2018 are set out in the following table:
Travel and Subsistence |
2017 |
2018 (year to date) |
Home Travel |
€64,400.76 |
€29,222.63 |
EU Travel |
€39,631.77 |
€30,745.53 |
Non EU Travel |
€31,892.50 |
€15,796.61 |
The Deputy might note that the overall objective of my Department is to keep costs associated with travel to a minimum and to achieve value for money for expenditure necessarily incurred by staff in the performance of their official duties.