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Mon 10 Oct 2009Minister spent €26,000 on car hire in eight months
MINISTER FOR Agriculture Brendan Smith and his officials ran up bill for car hire on overseas trips of €26,000 between May and December last year, including €19,000 on a single trip to trade talks in Geneva.
Figures for expenses incurred by the Minister in the course of overseas trips were supplied by the Department of Agriculture on foot of a Freedom of Information request by The Irish Times.
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