Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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119. To ask the Taoiseach the number of official State visits his Department has been involved with for each of the past four years; and the costs associated with same. [15598/18]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Since 2014 my Department has assisted with five State Visits to Ireland.

The President of the Republic of Mozambique visited in June 2014, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany visited in July 2015, the President of Cyprus visited in October 2016, the President of the Republic of Croatia visited in April 2017 and President of the Italian Republic visited in February 2018.

The total expenditure in relation to the visits by my Department was €304.50 which was for the purchase of gifts for presentation to the foreign dignitaries. The major costs of such visits arise in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.