Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Department of An Taoiseach
Constitutional Convention Expenditure
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the costs involved in financing the Constitutional Convention to date; if he will further provide a breakdown of the costs incurred at each location where the convention has met since it was first convened. [48502/13]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The total expenditure on the Convention on the Constitution to date is €908,000.
The Convention was first convened in Dublin Castle on 1 December, 2012 and all of its plenary meetings have been held in the Grand Hotel, Malahide, which was selected following a competitive tendering process.
A breakdown of the costs involved in running the plenary meetings up to and including September, 2013, is set out in the following table:
Category | Cost |
---|---|
Conference/ catering & accommodation | €200,953.32 |
Broadcasting services | €70,417.50 |
Simultaneous translation services | €13,284.00 |
Reimbursement of travel expenses | €25,743.46 |
Facilitation & note-taking services | €22,795.00 |
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