Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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665. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of her Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championship 2018; the number of staff deployed from her Department for the week; and the cost of same. [40349/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Following the success of the precedent established in 2017, my Department had a shared presence with the Department of Rural and Community Development at the National Ploughing Championships held in September 2018.

Total costs including National Ploughing Association charges, marquee design and supply transport of materials to and from Screggan are in the order of €166,000 and will be apportioned between the two Departments on an agreed basis once final figures are available.

Overall, some thirty members of staff, including four staff from the Heritage Council, represented the Department at this year's event. Overtime and T&S (travel and subsistence) costs for staff attendance at the National Ploughing Championships are paid in accordance with the standard Civil Service procedures.