Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
Ministerial Travel
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost incurred by her Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16613/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The cost of overseas travel programmes for St. Patrick's day from 2009 to 2013 is shown in the table below. For 2013, embassy charges which are expenses incurred by our embassies and reimbursed to them by the Department, have not been received to date.
| Year | Location | Flights | Overnight/Subsistence Costs | Taxi/Car Hire | Gifts | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013* | Chicago | 1,178.22 | 518.32 | - | - | 1,696.54 |
2012 | New York | 1,623.64 | 1,459.34 | 72.58 | - | 3,155.56 |
2011 | London | 851.17 | 204.22 | 38.00 | - | 1,093.39 |
2010 | Philadelphia | 4,537.00 | 1,171.00 | 400.00 | 300.00 | 6,408.00 |
2009 | Atlanta | 8,776.80 | 1,440.64 | 3,713.79 | - | 13,931.23 |
*Note 2013 figures are provisional and do not include embassy charges which have yet to be received by the Department.
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