Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 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. [5679/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The amounts paid to civil servants attached to the Head Office of my Department in respect of travel and subsistence expenses for the period 2005 to 2007 are as follows:-

A new financial management system was introduced during 2004 and the cost of extracting the information required for earlier years would involve a disproportionate amount of cost and effort which I believe would not be warranted.