Written answers

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by his Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and-or special advisers since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if he 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. [8507/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The following table provides a list of foreign travel episodes arranged by the Department for elected representatives between the dates outlined. This schedule includes the number of destination and the number of staff who travelled with the Minister. Special Advisors are included in the number of Departmental staff members who travelled.

There may be further expenses claimed in relation to prior travel episodes in the future but we have included the costs as paid by the Department to date.

Year Name Destination Cost Travelling Party
2018 Simon Harris Amsterdam 556.17 Minister only
2018 Simon Harris Luxembourg 1,537.28 Minister plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Simon Harris/Catherine Byrne Vienna 1,361.97 Minister plus Minister of State plus 2 Departmental staff members
2018 Jim Daly Edinburgh 563.38 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Catherine Byrne Helsinki 849.63 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Finian McGrath Prague 1,105.96 Minister of State
2018 Catherine Byrne Sofia 1,954.71 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Catherine Byrne Copenhagen 834.94 Minister of State
2018 Catherine Byrne Stavenger 1,103.52 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Jim Daly Washington 11,851.89 Minister of State plus 3 Departmental staff members
2018 Finian McGrath New York 3,775.74 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Finian McGrath New York 2,634.15 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2018 Jim Daly New York 14,081.54 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
Total 42,210.88
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2019 Jim Daly Amsterdam 3,066.31 Minister and 3 Departmental staff members
2019 Jim Daly Brisbane/Dubai 27,397.64 Minister and 2 Departmental staff members
2019 Simon Harris Brussels 891.11 Minister
2019 Simon Harris Bucharest 517.31 Minister and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Jim Daly Dubai 1,182.39 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Jim Daly Geneva 1,152.27 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Jim Daly Helsinki 4,919.06 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Jim Daly India 9,325.99 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Catherine Byrne Lisbon 6,624.95 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
2019 Simon Harris Luxembourg 2,822.85 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
2019 Finian McGrath Malta 1,573.93 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Finian McGrath Mexico & Cuba 5,534.28 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Jim Daly Northampton 715.24 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
2019 Simon Harris San Fran LA 12,619.59 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Catherine Byrne Slovakia, Austria & Hungary 4,879.72 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
2019 Jim Daly Stockholm 1,789.96 Minister of State
2019 Simon Harris New York 4,562.17 Minister of State and 1 Departmental staff member
2019 Finian McGrath New York 4,298.22 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
Total 93,872.99
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2020 Simon Harris Brussels 608.60 Minister
2020 Jim Daly Oxford 1,346.76 Minister of State and 2 Departmental staff members
Total 1,955.36
2021 Stephen Donnelly Luxembourg 684.53 Minister plus 1 Departmental staff member
2021 Frank Feighan Brussels 884.79 Minister of State plus 1 Departmental staff member
2021 Anne Rabbitte Lisbon 2,247.75 Minister of State
2021 Frank Feighan London 736.88 Minister of State plus 2 Departmental staff members
Total 4,553.95
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2022 Stephen Donnelly Dubai 2,995.24 Minister plus 3 Departmental staff members
Total 2,995.24

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