Jack Chambers
Question:26. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach his Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34221/18]
View answerTuesday, 24 July 2018
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The total expenditure incurred on travel and subsistence by my Department in 2017 was €618,421. The spend to date in 2018 on travel and subsistence is €295,516.
The figures above include expenditure on items such as flights, hotel accommodation, rail tickets, bus and taxi fares, ground transport and subsistence payments. The amount provided for the 2018 spend is provisional because not all invoices have been received and it may also be subject to revision once credit notes/refunds are processed in a small number of cases.
My Department routinely publishes details of foreign travel costs on its website (www.taoiseach.gov.ie).
When travelling every effort is made by the Department to keep costs at minimum.