Documents detailing all expenses claimed by Irish ambassadors, including travel, credit card; a copy of all receipts pertaining to expenses claimed by Irish Ambassadors for the purposes of "official entertainment"; documents detailing the wages of all Irish Ambassadors; documents detailing the wages of all staff employed in Irish Embassies abroad; documents detailing the running costs of all Irish Embassies.

Request was subsequently amended to:

A financial systems report detailing 2011 expenditure for each of our 72 missions abroad in the areas of; overall costs, travel, pay (local staff), representation.

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