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Minister For Foreign
Affairs: The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for two
Votes – Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International
Cooperation).
Under Vote 28, the Department of Foreign
Affairs, in 2004 paid mileage expenses of €266,892.11 in respect of
claims for 256,120 miles and €115,624.26 to cover rail and bus ticket
expenses.
For the same period, expenditure under
Vote 29 on car mileage expenses was €35,370 in respect of 40,382. Bus
and rail fares are not analysed separately under Vote 29 but expenditure
is estimated to amount to approximately €5,000.
These amounts represent all mileage and
bus/rail fares paid both at Headquarters and at our 67 Missions abroad and
include travel costs associated with hosting the EU Presidency in 2004.
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