Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further reduced since the initial allocation in the estimates for his Department; the extent to which such sums have been spent to the end of June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31678/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The training budget for my Department in 2010 is €575,000. There has been no reduction since the initial allocation in the estimates. The total spent in the first half of 2010 was €198,617, representing 34.5% of the allocation. Patterns of training expenditure in previous years show that more than 60% of the allocation is drawn down in the second half of the year.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total spend by her Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by her and her Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; to whom this money, if any, has been awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30273/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Any carbon offset spend for my Department on my official travel undertaken since my appointment as Minister on 23rd March 2010 does not fall to be paid until 2011. The carbon offset spend relating to travel undertaken by my Minister of State in the period 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 was €12.88 in respect of one trip. This money was paid to a fund administered by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total cost of travel and subsistence to public servants in her 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 she will state to whom this money, if any, has been awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30288/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It will take some time and resources to disaggregate the details of the cost of travel and subsistence from the Departments offices in Killarney to Dublin and Brussels. However I have arranged for this information to be collated and sent to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Expenses are paid to staff of my Department in accordance with the Department of Finance circulars governing travel and subsistence.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total spend of her Department on public advertisements in national and local print media, radio and television for 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30303/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The total spend on public advertisements in 2009 and 2010 by my Department, including the National Archives, is as set out in the table below.