Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Ministerial Staff
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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790. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [11772/25]
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows the amount of annual expenses paid to Special Advisers attached to the Department of Tourism Culture Arts Gaeltacht Sport and Media for the period March 2020 to date in 2025. (There were no expense claims made during 2021 due to travel restrictions due to Covid-19).
Year | ||||||
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2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
€308 | €308 | |||||
€4,182 | €6,824 | €11,006 | ||||
€4,907 | €777 | €5,685 | ||||
€5,318 | €5,318 | |||||
€441 | €2,239 | €3,951 | €6,631 | |||
€308 | €441 | €2,239 | €8,133 | €17,049 | €777 | €28,948 |
There follows a breakdown by individual Advisor showing reason for travel and expense claim information.
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