Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total cost of foreign travel, including flights, accommodation, food, subsistence, travel and other incidental costs, incurred by her and the Ministers of State at her Department in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36393/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The total cost related to foreign travel undertaken by all Ministers and Ministers of State at my Department from January 2007 to the end of September 2009 was as follows:

These figures include all identifiable costs related to flights, accommodation, subsistence, travel and other incidental costs which were paid for by my Department. They include costs related to accompanying staff of the relevant Minister or Minister of State's office. Where Ministerial foreign travel was organised by an agency of the Department, certain costs related to the Ministerial delegation were borne directly by the relevant agency.