Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Department of Health and Children

Ministerial Travel

9:00 pm

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to her Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same for each of the past ten years. [33085/09]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The total amounts paid to Ministers for Health and Ministers of State at the Department of Health and Children for travel and subsistence in respect of overseas travel during the ten years ended 2008 amounted to €44,083 and are set out in the following tables. Hotel accommodation charges are generally paid directly to the hotel by, or on behalf, of the Department though in some cases hotel costs were paid directly to the Minister/Minister of State which are included in the figures. Summary: total paid each year

YearAmount Paid
19996,802
20005,851
20016,977
20023,884
20031,694
20044,754
20051,815
20065,409
20071,657
20085,240

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister Mary Harney:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount claimed
November 2004USA: New YorkVisiting health facilities618.51
March 2005Ljubljana, Zagreb & SarajevoSt Patrick's Day Programme267.37
April 2005Italy: Rome as TánaisteAttending Pope's funeral103.50
May 2005Switzerland: GenevaWHO: World Health Assembly186.15
May 2005Isle of Man as TánaisteSpeaker at British/Irish Council meeting20.64
May 2005Switzerland: Geneva as TánaisteSpeaker at Economic forum — Davos440.49
June 2005LuxembourgEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting178.67
October 2005UK: HertfordshireEU:Council of Health Ministers meeting84.89
November 2005UK: LondonEU Presidency -Patient Safety summit151.36
December 2005BrusselsEU: Council of Ministers140.67
February 2006Canada: Toronto and VancouverAnalysis of Cancer Control Governance Models486.53
February 2006Austria: ViennaEU: Council of Minsters meeting112.67
March 2006Bahrain and South AfricaSt Patrick's Day Programme1,351.44
April 2006Austria: ViennaEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting56.33
May 2006USA: Philadelphia and Washington DCInstitute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics conference, National Cancer Institute & health facilities835.70
October 2006USA: ChicagoVisit to Children's Memorial Hospital402.88
November 2006BrusselsEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting356.22
February 2007Italy: Milan as TánaisteSpeaker at "Observatory on Europe" meeting377.72
March 2007Stockholm, Oslo and CopenhagenSt Patrick's Day Programme922.77
February 2008USA: Arizona, Texas and Washington DCVisiting health facilities772.92
March 2008Czech Republic: PragueSt Patrick's Day Programme618.32
April 2008SloveniaEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting112.00
June 2008LuxembourgEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting142.50
June 2008Estonia: TallinnWHO ministerial conference126.32

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister Micheál Martin:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
March 2001USA: New YorkSt Patrick's Day Programme764.82
December 2001Egypt: CairoOfficial visit to Cairo447.07
June 2002LuxembourgEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting416.88
May 2003Switzerland: GenevaWHO: World Health Assembly301.07
September 2003USA: Washington DCVisiting health facilities238.75
November 2003Hungary: BudapestEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting177.45
March 2004USA: Los Angeles and San FranciscoSt Patrick's Day Programme1,193.93
March 2004Czech Republic: PragueENDSP conference276.12
May 2004Switzerland: GenevaWHO: World Health Assembly283.96
June 2004Hungary: BudapestEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting176.91

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister Brian Cowen:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
March 1999France: ParisSt Patrick's Day Programme1,594.31
June 1999USA: New YorkVisit to UN2,283.18

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister for Children: Mary Hanafin:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
April 2000Russia: MoscowMeetings on Adoption723.31
June 2000Germany: MunichWHO conference on nursing and midwifery287.01
November 2000France: ParisOECD conference on gender main streaming864.40
November 2000Egypt: CairoArab League of Women summit442.74
January 2001Sweden: StockholmInternational Forum on combatting intolerance360.54
March 2001USA: New York & BostonCanada: TorontoSt Patrick's Day Programme3,270.25
June 2001LuxembourgEU: Council of foreign Ministers meeting160.65
July 2001Canada: VancouverWorld Assembly on Mental Health1,195.23
August 2001Australia: MelbournePhilippines: ManilaMeetings on international adoption agreements1,990.44
February 2002Poland: WarsawConference on a tobacco free Europe835.33
March 2002USA: ChicagoSt Patrick's Day Programme1,060.38

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State John Moloney:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
June 2008BrusselsMental Health conference661.83
September 2008China: BeijingAttending Paralympics Games 20081,133.67
November 2008UK: LondonCelebrations for Samaritans 100 years157.69

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
March 2007USA: CaliforniaSt Patrick's Day Programme276.03
September 2007Spain: Barcelona en route from AthensInternational health conference on advances in clinical medicine199.25
November 2007China: BeijingFood Safety Conference456.73
December 2007BrusselsEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting155.33
December 2007Italy: RomeHealth policies meeting427.00

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Seán Power:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
June 2006LuxembourgEU ministerial meeting484.10
July 2006USA: Washington DCWorld conference on tobacco160.19
November 2006Turkey: IstanbulWHO ministerial conference767.84
November 2006France: StrasbourgCouncil of Europe Ministerial Conference374.00

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Tim O'Malley:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
March 2003CyprusSt Patrick's Day Programme269.10
March 2004Czech Republic: PragueSt Patrick's Day Programme1,900.00

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Ivor Callely:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
September 2002Germany: BerlinUN conference on Ageing240.78
October 2002LuxembourgEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting119.11
March 2003UK: ManchesterSt Patrick's Day Programme194.08
March 2003MaltaOfficial visit to Malta206.39
January 2003UK: LondonVisit to Camden Primary Trust307.28
May 2004USA: New York and Washington DCVisit to US923.45

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Dr Tom Moffatt:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
April 1999Greece: AthensEU: Council of Health Ministers meeting257.77
May 2000USA: MinneapolisMeeting with Minnesota Department of Health re Food Alerts1,250.39

Travel and subsistence paid to Minister of State Frank Fahey:

Month of travelDestinationType of meeting attendedAmount Claimed
March 1999USA: TexasSt Patrick's Day Programme1,923.04
April 1999Luxembourg & BrusselsEU meetings480.70
June 1999LuxembourgEU: General Affairs Council meeting231.07
October 1999Finland: HelsinkiEuropean summit293.55
October 1999USA: New OrleansCeltic Nations Heritage Festival1,155.61
November 1999Norway: OsloUN convention on the rights of the child442.26
December 1999UK: LondonIrish National Youth Federation meeting423.34

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