Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Departmental Staff Allowances
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to date in 2014, inclusive. on staff subsistence payments, staff 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 Revenue Commissioner's concerns over practises in other State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49320/14]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Details of the expenditure incurred by my Department on overseas and home travel and subsistence, including the costs associated with taxi fares, since 2011 are set out in the following table.
| Year | Cost | Portion of cost spent on taxi usage |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | €66,087 | €1,485 |
| 2012 | €102,002 | €6,028 |
| 2013 | €136,231 | €10,317 |
| 2014 to date | €78,655 | €4,825 |
Claims in respect of travel and subsistence are only paid in respect of costs necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties and are in line with the relevant travel and subsistence circulars as issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and previously by the Department of Finance, particularly Circular 11/82 which sets out the detailed instructions governing the payment of travelling and subsistence allowances.
Expenditure in this regard is examined by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as part of their annual audit of Departmental expenditure.
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