Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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3469. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42471/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and agencies under our aegis are required to adhere to Civil Service circulars with regard to Travel and Subsistence. Heads of Units and agencies continue to monitor and ensure that only essential travel is undertaken by officers and that the number of officers on any official journey is kept to the absolute minimum. The 2021 figures show that volumes of travel were impacted by the pandemic but have since returned to more normal levels.

There are eight agencies under the remit of my Department,: Pobal, Western Development Commission, Charities Regulatory Authority, Water Safety Ireland, Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga, Údarás na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge, and the Ulster-Scots Agency. Operational matters, including travel and subsistence, are a matter for the agency concerned. Notwithstanding this, the information request by the Deputy is provided below.

Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

State Bodies under the Department’s aegis