Written answers
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 666: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No 598 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the detailed costs, or if not the available estimates, in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2010. [14678/10]
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 721: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet available, the estimates regarding foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2010. [15749/10]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 666 and 721 together.
The estimated total costs for St. Patrick's Day 2010 in respect of the visit of my predecessor Minister Mary Hanafin and her official delegation to the United States are set out in the following table:
| Cost Type | Minister (â¬) | Private Secretary (â¬) |
| Flights | 2,759 | 1,778 |
| Accommodation | 453 | 453 |
| Travel & Subsistence | 450 | 265 |
| Car Hire | 400 |
| Gifts | 300 |
Embassy charges which include the cost of accommodation paid directly to hotels and the expenses which are incurred by our Embassies and reimbursed to them by the Department, have not been received to date. The accommodation and car hire costs are estimates based on quotes received prior to the visit.
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