Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of expense account credit cards paid by his Department; the credit limit on each card; the amount spent on expense account credit cards since 2004 to date in 2009; the instances where the annual expenditure on a single credit card exceeded €5,000 with the grade of the credit card holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/09]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department holds five credit cards held as follows:

Since 1 January 2004 to date, €63,799.90 has been spent using credit cards. There were two instances where the annual expenditure on a single credit card exceeded €5,000. Both instances occurred in 2004. The grade of the credit card holders were Secretary General and Higher Executive Officer in the post of Private Secretary to the Minister.