George Lee (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 825: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [31942/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to travel & subsistence expenses. Travel and subsistence expenses paid to me as Minister since the establishment of my Department in June 2002 to end-2008 are set out in Table 1 below. Table 1: Travel and subsistence expenses paid to Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D., Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, June 2002 to end-2008

Travel and subsistence expenses paid to Ministers of State at my Department - Ministers of State John Curran, T.D., Pat Carey, T.D., and Noel Ahern, T.D. - over the same period are set out in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Travel and subsistence expenses paid to Ministers of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, June 2002 to end-2008

* includes mileage in relation to use of car on official business

In all cases, travel and subsistence was paid in respect of absences on official business and in accordance with Department of Finance guidelines. The cost of all official travel is paid out of monies provided by the Oireachtas and approved in the Estimates process. Details of proposed expenditure under my Department's administration subheads are given at the relevant Estimates meetings of the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.