Catherine Murphy
Question:
188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by her Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and-or special advisers since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if she will provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on, to include the final destination of travel episode, by year, and the full cost of same. [8509/22]
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I will write to the Deputy directly with a detailed account of foreign travel arranged for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff, and or special advisors in the period specified.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 188 to my Department, which was for answer on 16 February 2022, and in which you requested a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by my Department for elected representatives, Ministers, staff, and/or special advisors since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if I would provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on, to include the final destination of travel episode by year and the full cost of same.
As you will recall, I undertook to contact you directly with a detailed account of the information requested. The details which you requested are set out in the table below.
Year & Month
|
Location
|
|
Cost (€)
|
Details
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
January
|
Sofia
|
|
3,132.11
|
JHA
|
February
|
Manchester & London
|
|
888.4
|
UK visit to examine community/ private sponsorship for refugees
|
March
|
Brussels
|
|
444.32
|
JHA
|
March
|
Australia
|
|
19,827.17
|
St. Patrick’s Day Programme
|
March
|
New York & Pittsburgh
|
|
15774.9
|
St. Patrick’s Day Programme-
|
May
|
Stockholm
|
|
1247.99
|
ICMEO Conference
|
May
|
Stuttgart
|
|
341.46
|
ECRI Conference in Strasbourg
|
June
|
Luxembourg
|
|
1200.08
|
JHA
|
July
|
London
|
|
1,138.24
|
British Irish Intergovernmental Council -
|
September
|
Vienna
|
|
2,370.92
|
Security and Migration – Promoting Partnership and Resilience Ministerial Conference -
|
September
|
London
|
|
423.99
|
Visit to meet with UK APPG
|
October
|
Luxembourg
|
|
4,059.17
|
Ministerial visit
|
November
|
London
|
|
1,357.98
|
Remembrance Day
|
December
|
Brussels & Marrakech
|
|
9,203.41
|
JHA in Brussels & UN Conference on Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
February
|
Bucharest
|
|
996.21
|
JHA
|
March
|
New York
|
|
1,937.58
|
St. Patrick’s Day Programme
|
March
|
Atlanta & Savannah
|
|
5770.28
|
St. Patrick’s Day Programme
|
May
|
London
|
|
727.18
|
British Irish Intergovernmental Council
|
June
|
Luxembourg
|
|
8072.74
|
JHA
|
July
|
Helsinki
|
|
3,454.47
|
JHA Helsinki (via London)
|
July
|
Paris
|
|
1,223.87
|
Paris Meeting on Migration
|
September
|
London
|
|
673.08
|
Opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales
|
September
|
Paris
|
|
1970.87
|
ECRI event
|
October
|
Cyprus
|
|
4,399.32
|
Presidential State Visit
|
October
|
Luxembourg
|
|
N/A
|
JHA Government jet
|
December
|
Brussels
|
|
1,777.52
|
JHA
|
December
|
London
|
|
476.33
|
Irish Youth Foundation event
|
December
|
Geneva
|
|
1638.38
|
CERD
|
December
|
Geneva
|
|
2442.67
|
Global Refugee Forum
|
2020
|
|
|
|
|
February
|
Brussels
|
365.17
|
|
JHA
|
March
|
Brussels
|
241.98
|
|
JHA
|
2021
|
|
|
|
|
August
|
Brussels
|
|
307.16
|
JHA
|
December
|
London
|
|
846.45
|
British Irish Intergovernmental Council -
|
December
|
Brussels
|
|
688.51
|
JHA
|
Venice
|
Venice
|
|
146.44
|
Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice
|
2022
|
|
|
|
|
January
|
London
|
|
893.51
|
Meeting with British Home Secretary and Justice Secretary
|
February
|
Lille
|
|
717.90
|
JHA
|
March
|
Brussels
|
|
Not yet available
|
JHA
|
March
|
USA
|
|
Not yet available
|
Saint Patrick’s Day
|
March
|
Prague & Budapest
|
|
425.07
|
Saint Patrick’s Day
|
March
|
Brussels
|
|
Not yet available
|
Emergency JHA
|
May
|
New York
|
|
1,668.78
|
UN International Migration Review Forum
|
May
|
Rotterdam & Brussels
|
|
Not yet available
|
The Department did not pay for the Minister’s travel to Rotterdam. Minister, Special Advisor and Private Secretary travelled from Rotterdam to Brussels for EU Child Sexual Abuse Conference
|
June
|
Luxembourg
|
|
Not yet available
|
JHA
|
June
|
Stockholm
|
|
1,321.72
|
UN Stockholm+50 Meeting
|
|
|
|
|
|