Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Expenditure
Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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1555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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. [42468/25]
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is outlined in the table below and reflects the essential duties and training carried out by staff across sixty-five (65) locations domestically, as well as, our EU/Non EU obligations.
My Department has grown from 1,205 to 1,795 staff during this period and has spent the following on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025:
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 to Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHLGH | €1,021,324.97 | €2,005,837.66 | €2,860,508.36 | €3,094,387.53 | €1,928,664.79 |
| Bodies under the Aegis of DHLGH | Oireachtas email |
|---|---|
| An Bord Pleanála | oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie |
| An Fóram Uisce | oireachtas@nationalwaterforum.ie |
| Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority | oireachtasqueries@ahbregulator.ie |
| Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum | infodocklands@dublincity.ie |
| Electoral Commission | oireachtas@electoralcommission.ie |
| Gas Networks Ireland? | oireachtas@gasnetworks.ie |
| Heritage Council | oireachtas@heritagecouncil.ie |
| Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency | Oireachtas@housingagency.ie |
| Housing Finance Agency | oireachtas.enquiries@hfa.ie |
| Land Development Agency? | oireachtas@lda.ie |
| Local Government Management Agency | oireachtasmemberqueries@lgma.ie |
| National Oversight and Audit Commission | oireachtas@noac.ie |
| National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee | ntacc@housing.gov.ie |
| Office of the Planning Regulator | oireachtas@opr.ie |
| Pyrite Resolution Board | oireachtasinfo@pyriteboard.ie |
| Residential Tenancies Board | OireachtasMembersQueries@rtb.ie |
| Tailte Éireann | Oireachtas@tailte.ie |
| Uisce Éireann? | oireachtasmembers@water.ie |
| Valuation Tribunal | oireachtas@valuationtribunal.ie |
| Waterways Ireland | oireachtas@waterwaysireland.org |
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