Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Health
Departmental Staff Allowances
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence and taxi payments; if his Department has been audited for tax compliance on these payments and other benefits in kind; if these processes have been revised in view of the Revenue Commissioners' concerns over practices in other State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49327/14]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table provides details of expenditure by my Department on staff subsistence and staff taxi payments in respect of travel in Ireland and abroad from 2011 to date in 2014.
| Year | Subsistence | Taxi |
|---|---|---|
| €0 | €0 | |
| 2011 | 75 | 17 |
| 2012 | 138 | 22 |
| 2013 | 148 | 30 |
| 2014 to date | 92 | 18 |
All travel and subsistence payments are made in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform circulars and guidelines.
A Revenue audit of my Department commenced in September 2014 covering the period 1 January 2012 to 5 September 2014 in respect of all relevant payments made by the Department. My Department is concerned at all times to abide by taxation legislation and Revenue guidelines.
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