Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Ministerial Travel
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each Minister and Minister of State and Secretary General in his Department, for each year in the period 2005 to March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23812/13]
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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My Department was established in June 2007. The amount of travel and subsistence claimed by each Minister and Minister of State and Secretary General in my Department from June 2007 to March 2011 is outlined in the following table:
| - | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eamon Ryan TD, Minister (June 2007-Jan 2011) | 1,134 | 2,605 | 938 | 580 | 0 | 5,257 |
| Mr Pat Rabbitte TD, Minister (March 2011) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mr Tony Killeen TD, Minister of State (June 2007-May 2008) | 301 | 4,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,346 |
| Mr Sean Power TD, Minister of State (May 2008-April 2009) | 0 | 18,534 | 16,440 | 0 | 0 | 34,974 |
| Mr Conor Lenihan TD, Minister of State (May 2009-March 2011) | 0 | 0 | 301 | 452 | 0 | 753 |
| Mr Fergus O'Dowd TD, Minister of State (March 2011) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mr Brendan Tuohy, Secretary General (June to September 2007) | 1,949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,949 |
| Mr Aidan Dunning, Secretary General (September 2007 to March 2011) | 1,056 | 168 | 28 | 564 | 95 | 1,911 |
Minister of State Lenihan was assigned to more than one Department during his term of office. The figures provided above related to travel and subsistence expenses claimed in this Department only.
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