Copies of all receipts and documents relating to a training trip to Avignon in August by Minister Creighton, to include copies of airfares, hotel bills, training costs, gifts, official transport etc. 

A detailed breakdown of all fees, salary or expenses paid to the Cultutal Ambassador Gabriel Byrne. Travel costs broken down according to airfares, hotel receipts, official transport, subsistence and so on; copies of all documentation relating to the purchase of a rug for the Embassy in Vienna. Also seeking details of the cost of the rug and the cost of transporting the rug to Austria; details of all contracts between the Department and either McMurray carpets or Connemara carpets over the period between the current date and 1 Januay 2002. Am seeking a cost of the contract plus a detail of what was provided in each case.

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