Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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21. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [42473/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of the Taoiseach has one body under its aegis - the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO). Monthly Foreign Travel Reports for the Department are published on gov.ie. At all times, the Department seeks to ensure that value for money is provided in respect of each official trip undertaken, consistent with the requirements of official business.

The expenditure details requested by the Deputy for the period specified are set out in the table below:

Expenditure on Travel and Subsistence*

**Provisional outturn - the Department's 2024 Appropriation Account has not yet been published by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

***Provisional outturn - not all invoices/claims in respect of travel and subsistence up to end June 2025 have been received and processed.