Written answers
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Ministerial Expenditure
10:00 pm
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 379: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts spent by previous Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department on subsistence, mobile phone communications and recouped expenses, with indications given to the portion that are both vouched and unvouched for each year from 1 January 2007 to 9 March 2011 inclusive; the extent of such expenditure that was discharged directly by his Department on behalf of the Minister concerned; the extent to which the expenditure was discharged by credit card directly by or on behalf of the Minister involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35510/12]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The amount spent by previous Ministers and Ministers of State within my Department on subsistence, mobile phone communications and recouped expenses is outlined in the following table.
| Year | Minister/Minister of State | Subsistence/recouped expenses | Mobile Phones | Total spent |
| 2007 - 2010 | Minister Noel Dempsey, T.D. | €40,061 | €5,694 | €45,755 |
| 2010 | Minister of State Ciaran Cuffe, T.D. | €1,665 | Not applicable | €1,665 |
| 2008 - 2009 | Minister of State Noel Ahern, T.D. | €27,577 | €2,005 | €29,582 |
| 2007 | Minister of State Pat the Cope Gallagher, T.D. | €23,531 | €4,731 | €28,262 |
| 2007 | Minister Martin Cullen, T.D. | €7,209 | Not applicable | €7,209 |
The monthly expenses paid to Ministers in accordance with Oireachtas rules are not vouched. The figures for the years in question are:
2007 - €13,881
2008 - €26,771
2009 - €17,625
2010 - €2,000 In addition some travel and subsistence allowances paid at the rates specified by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are not vouched. None of the expenditure was incurred by Departmental credit card.
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