Dáil debates
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Other Questions
Ministerial Expenditure
10:35 am
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source
The data are contained in the following table.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenses 2011 - 1 July 2015
| 2011 | Location | Purpose of Visit | Flights | Hotel Accommodation | Transport Costs | Other Expenses* |
| 15 - 16 Dec | Brussels | Formal meeting for Ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy | €295.17 | €0.00 | €430.00 | €136.13 |
| 2012 | Location | Purpose of Visit | Flights | Hotel Accommodation | Transport Costs | Other Expenses* |
| 9 Feb - 10 Feb | Belgium: Brussels | Meeting with Director of Economic and Financial affairs at the European Commission, Istvan Szekely | €509.30 | €0.00 | ||
| 15 Mar - 22 Mar | Singapore | St Patrick's Day Promote Ireland abroad | €2,345.05 | €0.00 | ||
| 14 May - 16 May | Belgium: Brussels | Preparation for Irish EU Presidency | €246.98 | €310.00 | €701.50 | |
| 4 Jun - 7 Jun | Turkey: Istanbul | World Economic Forum | €339.26 | €993.04 | €642.07 | |
| 03-Oct | Belgium: Brussels | EU Commission/Visit by Cabinet | €0.00 | €0.00 | €108.00 | |
| 18 Oct - 19 Oct | United Kingdom: London | Trade Mission | €467.98 | €0.00 | ||
| 5 Nov - 7 Nov | Cyprus: Nicosia | World Economic Forum | €0.00 | €0.00 | ||
| 13 Dec - 14 Dec | The Netherlands: Amsterdam | Meeting with AWEPA - The Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa on Aid Effectiveness | €407.21 | €0.00 | €0.00 | |
| 2013 | Location | Purpose of Visit | Flights | Hotel Accommodation | Transport Costs | Other Expenses* |
| 22 Jan - 24 Jan | Belgium: Brussels | EU Committee of the Regions | €315.66 | €468.00 | €138.00 | €409.36 |
| 30 Jan - 31 Jan | Belgium: Brussels | Meeting with Commissioner Hahn | €0.00 | €168.00 | €72.33 | |
| 12 Mar - 22 Mar | Indonesia/Singapore/Philippines | St Patrick's Day Promote Ireland abroad | €3,116.51 | €378.15 | €1,523.47 | €1,825.53 |
| 12 May - 13 May | Belgium: Brussels | EU Committee of the Regions | €0.00 | €127.20 | €72.33 | |
| 8 Jul - 9 Jul | Belgium: Brussels | High Level Seminar on Public Service Innovation | €247.32 | €202.15 | €322.00 | €72.33 |
| 7 Sep - 15 Sept | China: Dalian/Beijing | World Economic Forum | €2,771.62 | €1,344.99 | €1,238.39 | |
| 30 Oct - 2Nov | United Kingdom: London | Open Government Partnership | €272.51 | €831.40 | €514.91 | |
| 25 Nov - 27 Nov | Lithuania: Vilnius | Meeting of EU Ministers responsible for Cohesion | €0.00 | €369.52 | €134.96 | |
| 2014 | Location | Purpose of Visit | Flights | Hotel Accommodation | Transport Costs | Other Expenses* |
| 12-Feb | Northern Ireland: Belfast | British Irish Chamber of Commerce Event | €108.04 | |||
| 10 Mar - 20 Mar | China: Shanghai/Hong Kong/Beijing | St Patrick's Day Promote Ireland abroad | €4,441.78 | €1,381.53 | €2,181.91 | €2,962.42 |
| 10 Apr - 11 Apr | Wales: Cardiff | Meeting in relation to the INTERREG Programme Ireland/Wales | €261.97 | €179.83 | €233.94 | |
| 23 Apr - 24 Apr | France: Paris | Conference on Open Data to Open Government | €0.00 | €220.00 | €457.56 | |
| 24 Apr - 25 Apr | Greece: Athens | Informal Ministerial meeting on Cohesion Policy | €0.00 | €0.00 | €207.49 | |
| 20 Jun - 29 Jun | Korea: Seoul | Attendance at 2014 United Nations Public Service Forum | €2,774.28 | €783.81 | €312.16 | €2,032.21 |
| 11 Sept - 12 Sept | France: Paris | Meeting with the OECD on Public Service Reform | €593.15 | €225.00 | €606.00 | €291.99 |
| 31 Oct - 3 Nov | Jordan: Amman | Government Leaders Forum | €0.00 | €0.00 | €1,150.21 | |
| 2 - 4 Dec | Italy: Rome | EUPAN - the European Public Administration Network | €203.69 | €0.00 | €314.66 | |
| 2015 | Location | Purpose of Visit | Flights | Hotel Accommodation | Transport Costs | Other Expenses* |
| 23 - 24 Feb | Belgium: Brussels | Ireland's 2014 - 2020 ERDF Operation Programmes | €331.98 | €149.28 | €151.80 | |
| 10 - 22 Mar | Japan: Osaka/Tokyo South Korea:Seoul | St Patricks Day Promote Ireland Abroad | €2,222.07 | €1,985.57 | €2,257.53 | €2,097.04 |
| 26-Mar | Wales: Swansea | Keynote address at Ireland Wales Co op programme | €108.98 | €0.00 | €77.76 | |
| 8 - 9 Jun | Riga: Latvia | Informal Meetng of EU Cohesion Ministers under the Latvian Presidency | €172.92 | €0.00 | €89.25 |
I should be relieved that the question was not focused entirely on me. If the Deputy did couch it in such a way that it referred to each line Minister, she would have had to table a question to each of them.
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