Official Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 March 2023

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Questions (175)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14740/23]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

The following table details the flights I have taken between 17th December 2020 and 7th March 2023.

Date Outbound	Date Return	Flight	No. of Flights
17/12/20	17/12/20	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
09/06/21	11/06/21	Baldonnel/Luxembourg/ Baldonnel	2
19/07/21	-	Dublin/Frankfurt/Ljubljana	2
21/07/21	21/07/21	Baldonnel/Ljubljana/Badonnel	2
21/09/21	23/09/21	Dublin/Frankfurt/Ljubiana/Badonnel	3
05/10/21	06/10/21	Dublin/Luxembourg/Amsterdam/Dublin	3
19/10/21	20/10/21	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
08/11/21	14/11/21	Dublin/Glasgow/Dublin	2
01/12/21	02/12/21	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
19/12/21	20/12/21	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
19/01/22	22/01/22	Dublin/Paris/Dublin	2
27/02/22	28/02/22	Dublin/Brussles/Dublin	2
13/03/22	18/03/22	Dublin/Washington & New York/Dublin	2
23/03/22	24/03/22	Dublin/Paris/Dublin	2
28/03/22	30/03/22	Dublin/Berlin/Dublin	2
02/05/22	02/05/22	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
08/06/22	09/06/22	Dublin/Hamburg/Amsterdam/Dublin	3
26/06/22	29/06/22	Dublin/Luxembourg/Dublin	2
12/07/22	14/07/22	Dublin/Prague/Dublin	2
25/07/22	26/07/22	Baldonnel/Brusels/Baldonnel	2
08/09/22	09/09/22	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
29/09/22	30/09/22	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
09/10/22	-	Dublin/London	1
10/10/22	13/10/22	London/Berlin/Prague/London/Dublin	4
23/10/22	25/10/22	Dublin/Luxembourg/Zurich/Dublin	3
12/11/22	20/11/22	Dublin/Cairo/Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo/Dublin	4
25/11/22	25/11/22	Dublin/Paris/Dublin	2
18/12/22	19/12/22	Dublin/Brussels/Dublin	2
26/02/23	28/02/23	Dublin/Amsterdam/Stockholm/Amsterdam/Dublin	4