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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ministerial Travel

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [23809/13]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The total travel and subsistence expenses claimed by each Minister, Minister of State and Secretary General in my Department for each year from 1 January 2005 to 9 March 2011 is set out in the table. The figures do not include air fares purchased on their behalf by the Department but include transport and hotel accommodation relating to official business within Ireland and abroad.

Minister/Minister of State Year Travel & Subsistence expenses  claimed
Mary Coughlan  Minister

( 1/1/2005 - 6 /5/2008)
2005
  €9,857.14
-2006
€14,437.37
-2007
€24,752.61
-2008
€7,634.29
Brendan Smith  Minister

(7/5/2008-9/3/2011)
2008
€2,003.91
2009
€2,252.75
2010
€4,545.73
2011
Nil
Brendan Smith

Minister of State

(1/1/2005-12/7/2007)
2005
€39,233.23
2006
€40,036.32
2007 
€12,091.43
Minister of State/Secretary General Year Travel & subsistence expenses  claimed
John Browne

Minister of State

(1/1/2005-12/5/2008)
2005
€43,055.02
2006
€7,247.37
2007
€21,646.24
2008 
€19,734.13
Mary Wallace

Minister of State

(29/5/2006-7/5/2008)
2006
€40,819.52
2007
€48,718.44
2008
€17,083.88

Trevor Sargent

Minister of State

(26/6/2007-23/3/2010 )
2007
€9,694.87
2008
€20,949.76
2009
€12,233.66
2010 
€2,901.58
Tony Killeen

Minister of State

(7/5/2008-22/3/2010)
2008

€22,900.16
2009
€33,801.57
2010 
€7,370.77
Sean Connick

Minister of State

(23/2/2010-9/3/2011)
2010
€19,277.32
2011
€2,470.31
Tom Moran

Secretary General

(1/1/2005-9/3/2011)
2005
€10,056.16
2006
€7,564.55
2007
€8,936.86
2008
€7,915.64
2009
€5,319.13
2010
€6,882.84
2011
€1,417.50

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