Written answers
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by her Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and-or special advisers since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if she will provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on, to include the final destination of travel episode, by year, and the full cost of same. [8512/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The following table details the foreign travel episodes arranged for the persons concerned and undertaken from 1 January 2018 to date.
| Purpose | Number Travelling | Destination | Departure Date | Return Date | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential delegation | 1 | Athens | 20/02/2018 | 24/02/2018 | €504.82 |
| St Patrick's Day | 3 | Paris | 14/03/2018 | 16/03/2018 | €1,373.73 |
| Future of Work Conference | 3 | Sofia | 20/03/2018 | 22/03/2018 | €1,542.47 |
| Informal EPSCO | 3 | Sofia | 16/04/2018 | 18/04/2018 | €3,819.31 |
| Meeting DWP (Brexit) | 3 | London | 23/04/2018 | 23/04/2018 | €478.02 |
| OECD Meeting | 3 | Montreal | 13/05/2018 | 15/05/2018 | €6,155.21 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Luxembourg | 20/06/2018 | 21/06/2018 | €1,873.08 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Luxembourg | 10/10/2018 | 11/10/2018 | €944.01 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Brussels | 05/12/2018 | 06/12/2018 | €716.43 |
| St Patrick's Day | 3 | Rome - Malta | 15/03/2019 | 19/03/2019 | €1,403.69 |
| Conference/Informal EPSCO | 3 | Brussels - Bucharest | 08/04/2019 | 11/04/2019 | €1,365.66 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Luxembourg | 12/06/2019 | 13/06/2019 | €704.10 |
| Informal EPSCO | 3 | Brussels | 07/07/2019 | 08/07/2019 | €865.27 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Luxembourg | 23/10/2019 | 24/10/2019 | €686.10 |
| EPSCO | 3 | Brussels | 09/12/2019 | 10/12/2019 | €1,415.25 |
No Ministerial or related foreign travel was undertaken in 2020 and 2021.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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