Written answers
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Official Travel
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of official flights and costs of same taken by her in 2023; if a schedule will be provided of all hotels she stayed in in 2023, including hotel name and cost per night while on official State business; and if the same information will be provided in respect of all accompanying staff and advisors. [2640/24]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Hereunder in tabular format is details of official state business undertaken by me in 2023 together with that of my accompanying Advisors and Department officials.
Ministers Foley’s Foreign Trips - 2023
Trip and Flight Schedule | Flight Costs | Accommodation | Accommodation Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin -Philadelphia and New York 10th – 15th March 2023 Dublin to Philadelphia 10th March New York JFK International Airport – Dublin 16th March (GMT) | €1639.34 (€671.51 Philadelphia, €967.83) | Kimpton Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia & Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel NYC | Kimpton Hotel Palomar 10th -12th March €197.76 per night Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel 12th -14th March €172.80 per night & 14th - 15th March €226.01 |
| Dublin – Strasbourg (Dublin to Paris Charles De Gaule Airport 28th September Euro Airport Basel – Dublin 29th September | €736.40 | Hotel Les Haras | €301.55 |
| Dublin – Messines 11th November | €168.11 | No accommodation required as this was a day return trip. | €0.00 |
| Dublin –London Dublin to London City Airport 16th – 18th November | €388.79 | The Bloomsbury Hotel 16-22 Great Russell Street Wc1B 3Nn London United Kingdom | €538.14 |
Accompanying Department officials and Advisors
Name | Trip and Flight Schedule | Flight Costs | Accommodation | Accommodation Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | Dublin – Philadelphia and New York 10th – 15th March Dublin to Philadelphia 10th March New York JFK International Airport – Dublin 16th March (GMT) | €1640.02 (Dublin - Philadelphia: €635.49, New York – Dublin €1004.53) | Kimpton Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia & Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel NYC | Kimpton Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia 10th -12th March €197.76 per night Fitzpatrick Grand Central 12th -14th March €172.80 per night & 14th - 15th March €226.01 |
| Advisor | Dublin - Philadelphia and New York 10th – 15th March Dublin to Philadelphia 10th March New York JFK International Airport – Dublin 16th March (GMT) | €1482.76 (Dublin - Philadelphia: €635.49, New York- Dublin: €847.27) | Kimpton Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia & Fitzpatrick Grand Central NYC | Kimpton Hotel Palomar, Philadelphia 10th -12th March €197.76 per night Fitzpatrick Grand Central 12th -14th March €172.80 per night & 14th - 15th March €226.01 |
| Official | Dublin – Strasbourg Dublin to Paris Charles De Gaule Airport 28th September Euro Airport Basel – Dublin 29th September | €742.83 | Hotel Les Haras | €301.55 |
| Official | Dublin – Strasbourg Dublin to Paris Charles De Gaule Airport Return (26th - 29th September | €253.43 | Maison Rouge | €442.28 per night |
| Official | Dublin –Strasbourg Dublin to Paris Charles De Gaule return (26th - 28th September ) | €166.39 | Mercure Strasbourg Centre Gare Hotel | €201.87 per night |
| Advisor | Dublin – Strasbourg (Dublin to Paris Charles De Gaule Airport 28th September Euro Airport Basel – Dublin 29th September | €725.01 | Hotel Les Haras | €282.25 |
| Official | Dublin - Messines 11th November | €168.11 | N/A | N/A |
| Advisor | Dublin - Messines 11th November | €168.11 | N/A | N/A |
| Official | Dublin - London City Airport 16th – 17th November | €363.06 | The Bloomsbury Hotel | €538.14 |
| Official | Dublin – London City Airport 16th –17th November | €363.06 | The Bloomsbury Hotel | €538.14 |
| Official | Dublin – London City Airport 16th – 17th November | €388.79 | The Bloomsbury Hotel | €536.89 |
| Official | Dublin – London City Airport 16th – 17th November | €363.06 | The Bloomsbury Hotel | €538.14 |
| Advisor | Dublin – London City Airport 16th November London Heathrow Airport to Dublin 18th November | €293.43 | The Bloomsbury Hotel | €538.14 |
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