Written answers
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Department of Education and Science
Departmental Expenditure
5:00 am
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [16063/09]
Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.
| Expense Account Credit Card Holder | Credit Limit | Year | Expenditure |
| Minister | €10,000 | 2008 | €1,760.48 |
| 2009 | €7.60 | ||
| Private Secretary to Minister | €10,000 | 2004 | €825.29 |
| 2005 | €1,605.07 | ||
| 2006 | €5,829.65 | ||
| 2007 | €459.35 | ||
| 2008 | €3,240.74 | ||
| 2009 | €1,608.38 | ||
| Private Secretary to Minister of State | €8,000 | 2004 | €477.10 |
| 2005 | €1,302.69 | ||
| 2006 | €3,131.01 | ||
| 2007 | €4,716.00 | ||
| 2008 | €1,878.00 | ||
| 2009 | Nil | ||
| The expenditure outlined above includes hotel accommodation for official business in Ireland and abroad, official travel costs, Government Duties and Annual Subscription Fees. | |||
| In addition to the cards above the Department's IT Unit has a credit card for the purposes of purchasing online IT-related goods. The IT Unit may also purchase IT consumables as a matter of urgency. | |||
| This card would not be classified as an expense account credit card. |
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