Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22137/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The total expenditure on training and development of civil servants and civilian employees of my Department in the year ending 31 December 2017 was €238,539.16.

Incidental expenditure, such as individual travel and subsistence, is not collated centrally and is not met from the training and development budget.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22153/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Total expenditure by my Department on travel and subsistence in 2017 was €656,815.66. Of this amount, €401,231.88 was expended on travel and €255,583.78 on subsistence.

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consultancy services, value for money and policy review expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22169/18]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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My Department expended €114,474.16 on consultancy services in the year ending 31 December 2017. No expenditure on external services was incurred in respect of value for money or policy reviews in 2017.