Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

To take an example, if a Minister travelling with a number of officials to the United States, Europe or elsewhere decides he or she needs a consultant or consultants to travel with him or her to provide specialist advice, does the procedure require that the consultant or consultants in question will pay their way and charge the Department subsequently, as distinct from the Department paying their way in the first instance? Is the procedure in this regard clear?

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