Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of travel and subsistence to public servants in his Department arising from travel to meetings or events in Dublin and Brussels from offices that have been decentralised for 2010 to date, for 2009, and for 2008; if he will state to whom this money, if any, has been awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The costs of flights for staff headquartered in my Department's decentralised office in Tullamore in connection with events or meetings in Brussels, and which were charged to the Vote in the years in question, were as follows:

Other travel and subsistence costs in respect of travel to events or meetings in Dublin and Brussels, which were paid to 88 staff headquartered in Tullamore in the years in question, were as follows:

The costs of flights to Brussels would arise regardless of the location of the staff. Similarly, subsistence and accommodation costs for staff, which arise while they are in Brussels, are not dependent on the headquarters of the staff in Ireland.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend of his Department on public advertisements in national and local print media, radio and television for 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30310/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The below table sets out the total spend by my Department on public advertisements in national and local print media, radio and television for 2009 and to date in 2010.