Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [16059/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department currently has eight operational credit cards. The credit limit ranges from €5,000 to €10,000 with the following breakdown: One card at €5,000; four cards at €6,350, two cards at €7,000; and one card at €10,000.

The following are the costs incurred on these cards over the 5 year period from 2004 to date in 2009,

There were four instances of a single credit card exceeding €5,000 in a calendar year and these comprise one instance in 2007 on the credit card for general Departmental use held at AP level and three instances in 2004, 2005 and 2007 at the level of Private Secretary to the Minister. All credit card accounts are cleared on a monthly basis in accordance with the Department's policy on credit card usage.