John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses incurred by each Minister of his Department for each of the years 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Due to the timeframe covered by this PQ and the fact that the accounting records are archived my officials have extracted the information requested from previous PQ answers. Listed below are the details of the monies paid in expenses to each of the Ministers of State at my Department over the five year period, 2002-2007.

Minister of State Expenses - June 2002-September 2007

* Mileage expenses incurred by MOS Roche from 2002 – 2004 were a charge on the Department of the Taoiseach.

The following table sets out the subsistence and mileage expenses paid to previous Ministers and Ministers of State of this Department during the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010. The table also includes official mobile phone charges paid on behalf of Ministers during this period:

All expenditure is paid on a vouched basis apart from subsistence and mileage expenses relating to official travel which are paid at Department of Finance rates and in accordance with normal regulations. Official mobile phone costs were paid directly by the Department to the service providers. In addition to the above, the Department paid directly for a range of services related to the conduct of the Ministers’ official business, including airfares, hotel costs, car hire, airport charges, etc.