Written answers
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Ministerial Expenses
9:00 pm
George Lee (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 775: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that has been claimed in expenses by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department from 1997 to 2008; the reasons these expenses were claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31949/09]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is only available from 1998 onwards. The expenditure in question relates for the most part to travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the office holders, while away from home, during the periods in question.
| Year | Expenses paid | |
| Ms. Mary Wallace T.D , Minister of State | 1998 | â¬28,731 |
| 1999 | â¬23,268 | |
| 2000 | â¬43,672 | |
| 2001 | â¬1,023 | |
| 2002 | â¬69,404 | |
| Mr. Willie O'Dea T.D., Minister of State | 2002 | â¬15,576 |
| 2003 | â¬24,678 | |
| 2004 | â¬28,832 | |
| Mr. Frank Fahey T.D., Minister of State | 2005 | â¬33,462 |
| 2006 | â¬36,294 | |
| 2007 | â¬21,043 | |
| Mr. Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister of State | 2007 | â¬7,195 |
| 2008 | â¬22,264 | |
| Mr. Sean Power T.D., Minister of State | 2007 | â¬15,547 |
| 2008 | â¬25,451 | |
| Mr. John O'Donoghue, T.D., | 1998 | â¬4,147 |
| 1999 | â¬1,103 | |
| 2000 | â¬8,213 | |
| 2001 | â¬6,008 | |
| 2002 | â¬3,577 | |
| Mr. Michael McDowell, T.D., | 2004 | â¬3,633 |
| 2005 | â¬2,510 | |
| 2006 | â¬3,166 | |
| 2007 | â¬3,401 | |
| Mr. Brian Lenihan, T.D., | 2008 | â¬3,341 |
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