Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent on travel and subsistence in his Department in the first nine months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006; and the reason for any increase. [27604/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The expenditure on travel and subsistence by my Department from January to September 2006 was €177,003. The corresponding figure for the same period in 2007 was €178,872, an increase of €1,869 or just over 1%.

In the 12-month period up to end September 2007, the Consumer Price Index rose by 4.6% and within that transport costs rose by 2.2%.