Written answers
Wednesday, 26 October 2005
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Foreign Travel
9:00 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the foreign conferences attended by him since June 2002; and the number of public servants and others included in the entourage for each such conference. [30815/05]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I have attended nine foreign conferences since my appointment to Government. The details requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following table.
| Location | Dates of Travel | Conference | Entourage |
| Portugal | 6-8 December 2002 | OSCE Conference | Minister, Minister's Wife, Private Secretary |
| Boston | 24-27 April 2003 | Convention of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann | Minister, Private Secretary, Secretary General |
| Cardiff | 2 October 2003 | Y Ffwrwm Living Culture Conference | Minister, Private Secretary, Assistant Secretary |
| Salzburg | 12-14 November 2003 | European Conference on Rural Development | Minister, Private Secretary, Secretary General, Assistant Secretary |
| Brussels | 25 February 2004 | Seminar on Future of the Politics of Cohesion | Minister, Private Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Principal Officer |
| Cardiff | 29 April 2004 | Changing Definitions of Rural Affairs | Minister, Private Secretary, Principal Officer |
| Sofia-Finland | 2-6 May 2004 | Islands Conference | Minister, Private Secretary, Principal Officer, Media Adviser |
| Brussels | 30-31 May 2005 | Insular General Meeting — Islands Conference | Minister, Private Secretary, Principal Officer, Media Adviser |
| Indiana | 29 September-1 October 2005 | "Why Irish" Seminar, Notre Dame | Minister, Private Secretary, Principal Officer |
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