Written answers
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Ministerial Travel
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total cost of foreign travel, including flights, accommodation, food, subsistence, travel and other incidental costs, incurred by the Minister and Ministers of State at her Department in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36399/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The total costs of foreign travel incurred by my predecessors and me for 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 are set out in the following table -:
| Year | Location | Purpose of trip | Costs(€) |
| Mary Hanafin | |||
| 2009 | Boston | Represent Irish Government at Funeral of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. | 1,052 |
| Jonkoping, Sweden | EU meeting. | 990 | |
| Vienna | Conference for Ministers of Family Affairs. | 746 | |
| Stockholm | OECD Conference on Disability and Employment | 1,110 | |
| Philadelphia & Atlanta | St. Patrick's Day 2009. * | 8,633 | |
| Brussels | Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs. | 202 | |
| Prague | Parental Childcare & Employment Policy meeting. | 379 | |
| 2008 | Paris | Meeting of Ministers as part of French Presidency | 941 |
| Romania | Accompanying the President during official Presidential visit. | 55 | |
| Brussels | Ministerial Council meeting for Employment, Social Policy and Health ministers. | 180 | |
| Martin Cullen | Miami & Atlanta | St. Patrick's Day 2008. | 17,564 |
| Seamus Brennan | |||
| 2007 | Rome | St. Patrick's Day 2007 | 2,545 |
* Includes people carrier costs for full Delegation in both locations i.e. DFA, IDA and Enterprise Ireland officials in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
The totals shown include the cost of flights paid directly to the relevant travel company and the cost of accommodation paid directly to hotels and the expenses which are incurred by our Embassies and reimbursed to them by the Department.
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