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Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Official Travel

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5242/24]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has undertaken 31 visits overseas on official business since taking up his current role, some involving multiple destinations. The table below outlines the dates and destinations of each visit and the associated flight and hotel costs. In some cases, there are no commercial flight costs, as the Government jet was used, while in other cases there are no accommodation costs or reduced costs, because the Tánaiste was hosted by the relevant authorities.

Dates Destination(s) Hotel Cost Flight Cost
09/01/2023 - 10/01/2023 Brussels €214 Air Corps
22/01/2023 - 23/01/2023 Brussels €214 Air Corps
07/02/2023 - 10/02/2023 Washington DC €449 €3,907
17/02/2023 - 20/02/2023 Munich and Brussels €784 Air Corps
26/02/2023 - 27/02/2023 Geneva €169 Air Corps
13/03/2023 - 20/03/2023 New York and Boston €2,809 €3,702
23/04/2023 - 24/04/2023 Luxembourg €230 €394
11/05/2023 - 13/05/2023 Stockholm €0 Air Corps
21/05/2023 - 23/05/2023 Brussels €214 Air Corps
15/06/2023 - 16/06/2023 Jersey €226 €236
18/06/2023 - 19/06/2023 London €323 Air Corps
25/06/2023 - 26/06/2023 Luxembourg €210 Air Corps
28/06/2023 - 29/06/2024 Brussels €399 €292
16/07/2023 - 21/07/2023 South Africa and Mozambique €1,061 €4,074
29/08/2023 - 31/08/2023 Toledo €0 Air Corps
31/08/2023 - 03/09/2023 Oxford €287 Air Corps
04/09/2023 - 08/09/2023 Israel, the oPt and Jordan €0 Air Corps
16/09/2023 - 20/09/2023 New York €2,077 €5,479
01/10/2023 - 03/10/2023 Kyiv €182 Air Corps
19/10/2023 - 20/10/2023 Cardiff €244 Air Corps
22/10/2023 - 23/10/2023 Luxembourg €240 Air Corps
05/11/2023 - 09/11/2023 China €412 €6,902
12/11/2023 - 14/11/2023 Brussels €214 €101
14/11/2023 - 16/11/2023 Egypt, Israel and the oPt €171 Air Corps
26/11/2023 - 27/11/2023 Barcelona €0 Air Corps
05/12/2023 - 08/12/2023 Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai €954 €4,798
10/12/2023 - 11/12/2023 Brussels €214 Air Corps
13/12/2023 - 13/12/2023 London €0 Air Corps
07/01/2024 - 12/01/2024 Mexico City and Bogotá €974 €6,474
17/01/2024 - 19/01/2024 Berlin €0 €168
21/01/2024 - 22/01/2024 Brussels €224 Air Corps

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