Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of special advisers his Department has had since June 2007; the names of same; the amount each has claimed in expenses in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel, including foreign travel, and entertainment for each adviser in each of the past three years; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26599/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Since June 2007 there have been 3 Special Advisers in the Department whose details are set out in the following table.

Neither expenses nor any expenditure on travel or entertainment were claimed for these Special Advisers from June 2007 to date.

Since June 2007 there have been 3 Press/Media Advisers in the Department whose details are set out in the following table.

There were no expenses claimed for entertainment from these Press/Media Advisers from June 2007 to date.

The following table sets out the cost to the Department for foreign and domestic travel, and domestic subsistence claimed by these Press/Media Advisers.