Official Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Ceisteanna (1061)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

1061. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of times that she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days that she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by her Department in relation to each trip in tabular form. [40041/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education

I can advise the Deputy that the Minister for Education, Ms Norma Foley T.D. embarked on three visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government. Details of these trips are outlined in tabular format below.

Year	Location	Number of Day’s Travel	Dates upon trip took place	The associated travel and accommodation costs
2021	Brussels, Belgium	2 days	28/11/2021 – 29/11/2021	€365.66
2021	Boston + Western Massachusetts, USA	7 days	15/03/2022 – 21/03/2022	€10,371.73*
2022	Paris, France	2 days	07/03/2022 –08/03/2022	€862.65*

* Figure includes transport costs for the delegation in general.