Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 June 2023
153. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020, 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31773/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Foreign Affairs, in common with other Government Departments, is allocated administrative funding each year for “training and development and incidental expenses”.
Funding for training and development includes foreign language support, course fees, professional memberships, conference and seminar fees and associated training costs. A variety of other administrative expenses are also covered from this allocation in the Revised Estimates, such as translation services, vehicle costs and bank charges. The table below provides details in respect of Votes 27 and 28 for the years 2019-2022.
|
Description of Expenditure |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
Advertising |
115,643 |
77,896 |
64,143 |
103,009 |
|
Bank Charges |
438,401 |
451,981 |
598,639 |
798,955 |
|
BIC Secretariat |
33,592 |
41,789 |
34,963 |
34,870 |
|
Books, Subscriptions and Publications |
711,897 |
592,065 |
732,466 |
667,488 |
|
Currency Exchange Gain/Loss |
56,608 |
1,383,539 |
-235,799 |
-501,984 |
|
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy |
244,104 |
219,401 |
221,139 |
243,975 |
|
Honorary Consuls |
497,215 |
522,372 |
484,584 |
255,573 |
|
Legal and Settlement costs |
402,527 |
169,405 |
109,985 |
216,203 |
|
Official Entertainment at HQ |
867,351 |
147,563 |
172,027 |
418,817 |
|
Professional Fees and Outsourcing |
572,026 |
425,380 |
410,688 |
448,803 |
|
Prompt Payment Interest |
11,649 |
13,323 |
13,680 |
13,836 |
|
Security |
291,364 |
267,476 |
290,593 |
308,486 |
|
Training and Development |
1,051,535 |
1,023,143 |
1,004,761 |
1,266,066 |
|
Translation Services |
285,731 |
-51,618 |
27,500 |
2,323,497 |
|
VAT Paid and Recoupable |
129,055 |
94,951 |
106,007 |
144,741 |
|
Vehicle Costs |
1,415,108 |
960,317 |
1,114,655 |
1,807,110 |
|
Wellbeing At Work Programme |
18,147 |
16,172 |
17,626 |
50,194 |
|
Other costs |
265,887 |
181,520 |
215,580 |
172,186 |
