Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Department of Social Protection
Ministerial Travel
8:00 pm
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of travel expense that is mileage paid for use of her private cars; the rate of subsistence payments and any other allowances available to him and her Ministers of State in the course if their appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17245/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The current applicable mileage rates, which were set by the Department of Finance, are as follows:
| Official Motor Travel in a calendar year | Engine Capacity up to 1200cc | Engine Capacity 1201cc to 1500cc | Engine capacity 1501cc to 2000cc | Engine capacity 2001cc and over |
| 0-4000 miles | 62.94cent | 74.42 cent | 95.05 cent | 114.06 cent |
| 4001 miles up to maximum limit of 60,000 miles | 34.13 cent | 38.00 cent | 45.79 cent | 54.95 cent |
The current subsistence allowance rates were also set by the Department of Finance. The overnight subsistence allowance for domestic travel for Ministers is €72.66 plus the vouched cost of a hotel room (including tax and up to 15% service charge). The current day rates are €33.61 (for an absence on official duties of more than 10 hours) and €13.71 (for an absence on official duties of not less than 5 and not more than 10 hours).
Where a Minister travels abroad, s/he may claim the vouched cost of a hotel room and up to 15% service charge plus the Class A civil service conference rate for the destination in question increased by one third, with the exception of the USA and Canada, where it increased by a half.
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