Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Staff
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11763/25]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Below is a listing of all advisors attached to the Department between March 2020 and February 2025.
| Minister | Adviser |
|---|---|
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney | Matthew Lynch |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney | Christopher Donoghue |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney | Laura McGonigle |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin | Gráinne Weld |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin | Sharon McGowan |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris | Jack O'Donnell |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris | Clare Mungovan |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris | Niall O’Connor |
| Minister of State Helen McEntee | Paul Fox |
| Minister of State Thomas Byrne | Charlotte Simpson |
| Minister of State Thomas Byrne | Marguerite O’Loughlin |
| Minister of State Thomas Byrne | Daniel Griffin |
| Minister of State Peter Burke | Laura Mannion |
| Minister of State Jennifer Carroll MacNeill | Stephen Foley |
| Minister of State Thomas Byrne | Daniel Griffin |
| Ministers of State Ciarán Cannon | None |
| Ministers of State Colm Brophy | None |
| Minister of State Seán Fleming | Eoin Delaney |
| Minister of State Neale Richmond | Fiona Campbell |
Below is a summary of travel, subsistence, mileage and other expenses in the period for the above listing of advisers:
| 2020 | NIL |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,437.01 |
| 2022 | 3,131.81 |
| 2023 | 9,934.86 |
| 2024 | 13,846.25 |
| 2025 (to end February) | NIL |
| 31,349.93 |
Below is a listing by year/by advisor/by trip destination for: travel, subsistence, mileage and other expenses:
2020: NIL
2021:
| Charlotte Simpson | Car Parking | Misc Travel Expenses | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 181.12 | 181.12 | |||
| Austria Bregenz/Graz/Innsbruck | 177.50 | 177.50 | |||
| Latvia Riga & Estonia Tallinn | 190.18 | 190.18 | |||
| New York | 588.91 | 588.91 | |||
| Paris | 131.87 | 131.87 | |||
| Warsaw | 69.00 | 212.85 | 281.85 | ||
| France | 114.33 | 114.33 | |||
| Luxembourg | 273.00 | 273.00 | |||
| Paris | 237.37 | 237.37 | |||
| Brussels | 181.12 | 181.12 | |||
| Stockholm | 511.10 | 511.10 | |||
| TOTAL | 2,868.35 | ||||
| Marguerite O'Loughlin | Car Parking | Misc Travel Expenses | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
| Madrid | 87.50 | 239.16 | 326.66 | ||
| Naples/Rome | 101.00 | 49.00 | 129.99 | 279.99 | |
| Luxembourg | 364.01 | 7.50 | 371.51 | ||
| Austria | 160.00 | 80.38 | 240.38 | ||
| Brussels | 80.00 | 89.00 | 181.12 | 350.12 | |
| TOTAL | 1,568.66 |
2022:
| Charlotte Simpson | Subsistence | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 181.12 | 181.12 |
| Prague | 66.88 | 66.88 |
| TOTAL | 248.00 | |
| Daniel Griffin | Subsistence | Grand Total |
| Luxembourg | 424.67 | 424.67 |
| Oslo & Frankfurt | 240.18 | 240.18 |
| Switzerland & Macedonia & Albania | 250.03 | 250.03 |
| Strasbourg | 141.37 | 141.37 |
| Chicago & New York | 587.42 | 587.42 |
| Berlin | 199.58 | 199.58 |
| Brussels | 181.12 | 181.12 |
| Luxembourg | 273.00 | 273.00 |
| New York | 586.44 | 586.44 |
| TOTAL | 2,883.81 |
2023:
| - | Hotel | Mileage | Misc Travel Expenses | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoin Delaney | ||||||
| Brussels | 100.62 | 100.62 | ||||
| West Virginia | 35.00 | 293.00 | 25.00 | 353.00 | ||
| Toronto | 4.73 | 238.81 | 51.00 | 294.54 | ||
| Indiana | 173.86 | 173.86 | ||||
| Ireland mileage | 5,163.76 | 5,163.76 | ||||
| TOTAL | 6,085.78 | |||||
| Sharon McGowan | Hotel | Mileage | Misc Travel Expenses | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
| Brussels | 40.24 | 40.24 | ||||
| Stockholm | 42.20 | 42.20 | ||||
| New York | 35.50 | 35.50 | ||||
| Ireland | 99.00 | 99.00 | ||||
| Ireland mileage | 3,632.14 | 3,632.14 | ||||
| TOTAL | 3,849.08 |
2024:
| Eoin Delaney | Car Parking | Flights | Mileage | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 159.71 | 68.96 | 228.67 | |||
| Ireland Mileage | 6,904.74 | 6,904.74 | ||||
| TOTAL | 7,133.41 | |||||
| Sharon McGowan | Car Parking | Flights | Mileage | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
| Luxembourg | 364.00 | 364.00 | ||||
| Berlin | 80.80 | 80.80 | ||||
| Ireland | 15.20 | 15.20 | ||||
| Brussels | 233.70 | 233.70 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 37.00 | 37.00 | ||||
| Amman | 57.93 | 57.93 | ||||
| Britain | 61.50 | 61.50 | ||||
| Ireland | 17.92 | 17.92 | ||||
| Ireland Mileage | 2,102.28 | 2,102.28 | ||||
| TOTAL | 2,970.33 | |||||
| Stephen Foley | Car Parking | Flights | Mileage | Subsistence | Taxi | Grand Total |
| Brussels | 20.00 | 181.12 | 201.12 | |||
| Ireland | 42.99 | 42.99 | ||||
| Brussels | 27.50 | 181.12 | 208.62 | |||
| Luxembourg | 32.00 | 455.00 | 487.00 | |||
| Tallinn & Helsinki | 67.00 | 410.71 | 477.71 | |||
| Brussels | 15.50 | 80.50 | 96.00 | |||
| Luxembourg & Brussels | 433.41 | 433.41 | ||||
| Ireland Mileage | 1,795.66 | 1,795.66 | ||||
| TOTAL | 3,742.51 |
2025 (to end of February): NIL
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