Written answers
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ministerial Expenditure
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenses incurred by him from 2011 to date in 2015, including the date, expense type, description and amount; if each expense was vouched; his plans to introduce changes to the expenses system to ensure all expenses are fully vouched for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26990/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information regarding my expenses incurred and paid since 2011 is set out in the followng table. My travel expenses are calculated on the basis of rates approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and as such are not vouched. All other expenses I have incurred were paid on foot of receipts verifying the actual costs incurred.
Year | Travel Expenses | Expenses within Ireland | Foreign Travel Expenses | Commercial Air Fare Costs * : | No of Council of Ministers Meetings | Trade Missions |
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2011 | €13,868.40 | €615.12 | €2,728.17 | €4,696.73 | 11 | Algeria |
2012 | €18,368.16 | €962.70 | €9,318.61 | €9,280.24 | 11 | China, U.S.A. |
2013 | €19,366.84 | €1,101.21 | €9,988.91 | €10,211.09 | 1 1 | Switzerland, Middle East, U.S.A. and Tokyo |
2014 | €20,101.38 | €1,074.88 | €9,203.45 | €13,456.23 | 9 | U.S.A., China |
2015 (to date) | €6,418.09 | €131.66 | €1,946.73 | €5,562.21 | 3 | U.S.A. |
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