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IRELAND SPENT A total of €42 million of the six-month presidency of the EU last year.
The amount was revealed by Minister of State for the OPW Brian Hayes at today’s meeting of the select sub-committee on Public Expenditure and Reform.
The figure comes in nearly €70 million less than the last time Ireland held the presidency in 2004.
The figure had been estimated at around €70 million in the run-up to the event, but that figure was not hit.
Hayes told the committee that the saving had been made by centralising the conferences.
“It’s clear that the government decision to centralise all conferences and events, some 245 in total, made a big difference in reducing costs,” he said.
“Dublin Castle and other historic properties under the care of the OPW, allied to the centralised event management service directed by the OPW, greatly helped in organising the most cost effective EU Presidency ever.
“The new state of the art conference facility in Dublin Castle is a tremendous asset for future events and conferences that the state needs.”
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One for Me , One for Myself and One for the person who wrote this ;)
Nice! Thanks Fergal :)
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The true meaning of Easter, thank you God for sending the Easter bunny into the world. Amen
My mother has a gripe with Easter Eggs; “Sure there’s no more in them than a bar of chocolate”, so we never got them at home. This year I got a giant Kinder egg one and I’m already playing with the toy inside it. It’s like catching up with missed Christmases!
Cant beat them big kinder eggs…expensive as hell, but oh so good
You can never go wrong, in having leftover Easter eggs and making Rice Krispie buns… Devine, that’s the way il be recycling my leftover chocolate
What is this mysterious stuff “leftover” chocolate???
Leftover chocolate??? What is this rare phenomenon you speak of?
a little bit of irony last week, junior’s RE teacher implied that the Easter Bunny wasnt real……
15 nieces and nephews between me and my partner, 3 children and 3 of my children’s friends. 21 Easter eggs bought. A little over the average.
I’m always hangin for a pint on Good Friday!
And I bet it’s those who can least afford to who are buying the drink and the eggs !
It’s amazing how good the retail industry are at monetizing this sort of thing. From celebrating the execution of a bloke who thought he was the son of god to pressurizing parents into buying overpriced chocolate eggs. Genius!
Three! I have given out about four already and have at least another six at home ready to go, that is if Cookie Monster ie. hubby doesn’t get to them first!!
My mammy always buys me a giant Easter egg. A serving suggestion put an Easter egg in the fridge and than get a bag of marshmallows. Place a marshmallow on top of the piece of cool chocolate fresh from the fridge and enjoy :)
Aoife, the Lir handmade one one you desk is from Gizmo
My sons 5 and got his first Easter egg last year. His first time having chocolate. Im putting a limit on his eggs from others as I ended up giving the left over ones away at Halloween to the trick or treaters!!! #confusedwitches
And the average number of craps is…
When you get 3 or more eggs for Easter I get sick of eating them cause they all taste the same, so I diversify/change them into something else…it’s lush when you melt the chocolate and pour it into the Rice Krispies it’s a change
“Munster is the county…” someone opened their Good Friday alcohol a little early :P
Seriously. What a ridiculous event.
What ever happened to mother goose??? Bunnies and eggs…more like little brown k’nobblins
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