Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Public Accounts Committee

Statement by Chairman

10:50 am

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My understanding of the guidelines from reading the pretty comprehensive freedom of information file is that the view at the time was that the Department could pay if one's spouse travelled abroad on a St. Patrick's Day trip but the Department did not pay for trade trips. Then there is the vague area of exceptional circumstances.