Peadar Tóibín
Question:
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41745/24]
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The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
The costs in each of the past five years, of travel abroad for the Minister and Ministers of State including cost of flights, accommodation and travel and subsistence claims, are set out in the table below:
|
YEAR
|
TOTAL COST
|
|
2020
|
6,090
|
|
2021
|
12,976
|
|
2022
|
47,725
|
|
2023
|
76,009
|
|
2024 to date
|
42,952
|