Written answers

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Department of An Taoiseach

Constitutional Convention Expenditure

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy 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]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda 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:

CategoryCost
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
*Costs associated with the November plenary meeting are not yet available.

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