Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenses incurred by her Department relating to insurance of all types in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by her Department over the same time period per annum; if she will provide the same data for all bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26281/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department incurs no direct insurance costs as it is covered under a number of centralised arrangements. Personal injury and/or third party property damage arising from negligence of the Department, their servants and /or agents is covered under a State indemnity scheme operated by the State Claims Agency under the National Treasury Management Agency. Foreign travel insurance for civil servants in my Department travelling on official business is covered by a central contract operated by the Office of Government Procurement and paid for directly by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Information relating to insurance costs incurred by agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter and the information is not recorded centrally by my Department. I have therefore requested each agency to respond directly to the Deputy with the information sought.