Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Taoiseach the funding or financial support given by his Department to an agency, body, community, religious or other group or organisation, in the United States for each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15378/08]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has given no funding or financial support to any agency, body, community, religious or other group or organisation, in the United States during the period 2000 to date in 2008.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was spent by his Department on leadership training in 1997; the persons who were the beneficiaries of the training; the contractors who provided this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15041/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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My Department was responsible for managing the M.Sc (Management) Public Sector Programme for senior managers in the civil service delivered by the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in association with the Irish Management Institute. The programme, launched in 1993, was run over two years and modular in content. It was specifically designed to enhance the capacity and capability of senior managers to meet the management and policy challenges confronting the civil and public service emerging under the Strategic Management Initiative, including the promotion of strategic leadership thinking. In 1997 there were 9 participants from the civil service on the programme, including one senior official from my Department. The overall cost of the programme for the period in question was €67,709 (£53,325).