Dáil Éireann - Volume 608 - 26 October, 2005

Written Answers. - Foreign Travel.

  272. Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the foreign conferences attended by him since June 2002; and the number of public servants and others included in the entourage for each such conference. [30820/05]

  Mr. Roche: Since my appointment as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in September 2004 I have attended two conferences abroad as set out in the following table. Conferences listed prior to December 2004 were attended by my predecessor in this post, Deputy Cullen.

Date

Destination

Number accompanying Minister

Conference Title

13 December-18 December 2004

Buenos Aires

6

10th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

4-9 May 2005

Japan

3

ASEM Ministers Conference (as substitute for the Minister for Foreign Affairs)