Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Department of Rural and Community Development

Official Travel

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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789. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14748/23]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Social Protection, I represented the Irish Government in the UK this year as part of the St. Patrick's Day overseas programme. Minister of State O'Brien represented the Government in Poland. While all costs are currently not yet available due to the time lag in processing all relevant costs, details that are available are set out below.

Minister No. of AccompanyingOfficials Country/State Visited Total Flight Costs Duration of Trip
Minister Humphreys 2 United Kingdom €831 10th – 14th March
Minister of State O’Brien 2 Poland €982 15th – 18th March

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