Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department on foreign travel in the period 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1442/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An amount of €567,000 was spent by my Department on foreign travel in 2008. The corresponding amount in 2007 and 2006 was €598,067 and €672,688 respectively. The maintenance of national representation at the EU, the Council of Europe, the UN and other international fora primarily accounts for expenditure by my Department on foreign travel. In addition, the approximately 40 agencies and bodies under the remit of my Department also incur foreign travel expenditure. Complete details of the total foreign travel expenditure in these areas will not be known until accounts are finalised later in the year.