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Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Conor SheehanConor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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1832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [42472/25]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and its Agencies pay travel and subsistence expenses incurred wholly and exclusively for Departmental business. The table below outlines the travel and subsistence expenditure incurred by the Department and its Agencies analysed by each of the years requested.

Total Travel and Subsistence 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 to date
Department of Social Protection 562,000 1,931,000 3,035,000 3,490,000 1,578,000
Pensions Authority 2,359 5,805 19,404 19,521 9,207
Citizens Information Board 6,598 17,332 28,522 26,996 11,196
2024 and 2025 are draft figures and are subject to final audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

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