Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for her Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47155/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department’s records show that the direct cost of staff attending conferences in the last 12 months, including registration fees, was €9,772. The associated travel and subsistence cost was €11,134. To place this total of less than €21,000 in context, the Department employs some 7,000 people.