Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the gifts or hospitality given to employees to attend overseas sporting or musical events during 2015 in respect of all commercial and non-commercial agencies; the locations of such visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Both the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal have no employees. No employees of the agencies outlined above were given gifts or hospitality to attend overseas sporting or musical events during 2015.