Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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655. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30866/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has responsibility for two separate votes, Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Vote 27 - International Co-operation.

The travel and subsistence costs across both Votes from 1 January 2020 to date are detailed below:

My Department complies with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines on official travel. The central aim of the Departmental travel policy is to minimise official travel costs and to achieve value for money for expenditure necessarily incurred, consistent with the effective discharge of official duties.