Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel, including foreign travel, and entertainment by them 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. [27511/10]

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenses claimed by the assistant secretaries of his Department in each of the past three years, the amount that has been spent on travel, including foreign travel, and entertainment by each in each of the past three years; a detailed breakdown of these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together.

The total expenses claimed and any expenditure incurred on travel or entertainment by the Secretary General of the Department in each of the past three years was as follows -:

The foreign travel includes costs associated with attendance at Social Security Conferences in Nuremberg, Vienna and Moscow and a Conference in Maastricht organised by the European Institute of Public Administration. Home travel costs relates to trips for a Departmental Senior Management Forum in Galway, Irish Management Institute Management Conference in Wicklow, and management visits to the Mid West Region and visits to Departmental offices in the North East regions.

The total expenses claimed and expenditure incurred on travel or entertainment by the Assistant Secretaries of the Department in each of the past three years was as follows -:

The foreign travel includes expenses associated with EU Social Protection Committee meetings in Brussels, EU Council meetings in Brussels and Berlin, Social Security Conference in New Zealand and a bilateral meeting in Sydney with the Australian Social Security Administration, Centrelink. Home travel includes costs related to attendance at various management meetings at decentralized, regional and local offices and attendance at conferences throughout the country including the annual meeting of Assistant Secretaries from all Government Departments.