Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [27606/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Records in my Department show that claims in respect of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007 amounted to €504,023. Expenditure for the same period in 2006 was €486,833. It is in the nature of such expenditure that variations will occur from time to time in line with business requirements. The increase in this case is 3.5%, which is within the parameters of normal variation in such expenditure and is within the amount provided for in the estimates for the Oireachtas.