Written answers

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Conor SheehanConor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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3377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [42466/25]

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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From 2021 to mid July 2025, the total amount spent by the Minister and all Department officials on foreign and domestic travel and subsistence may be found below in tabular form:

Year Total
2021 €82,860.73
2022 €226,009.63
2023 €352,414.13
2024* €387,736.15
2025* to 23 July, 2025 €340,329.68

* To note, the final amounts for 2024 have not yet been fully audited by the Office Comptroller & Auditor General and costs for 2025 will continue to accrue.

The Department does not hold records of travel costs for any of its aegis bodies.

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