Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5680/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Arising from the dispersed nature of my Department's services based nationwide and the fact that a considerable level of investigative work must be carried out in the course of delivering the Department's services. A relatively high level of travel expenditure is incurred annually in my Department's administrative budget.

Details of domestic and foreign travel, subsistence — which includes overnight rates — and delegates allowance payments for 2002 to 2007 are listed in the following table. These payments are made in accordance with Department of Finance guidelines. The figures in the table differ from the A.2 Travel and Subsistence published Appropriation Account figures as this subhead includes payments to members of the public attending appeals hearings and medical referee assessments.