GUIDELINES ON THE PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES INCURRED WHEN
ATTENDING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COURSES OR CONFERENCES
a) Officers attending courses leading to qualifications within the further study scheme where
regular attendance is required over a number of months or longer. Applications for these
courses must be received by 30 June /31 December each year. Officers complete a travel
claim form which is signed by the Training Manager and paid at public transport rate.
Subsistence is not paid.
Officers attending the ECDL course at Clounagh or the RTU Supervisory or Management
programmes are paid at this rate.
b) Officers attending courses and conferences (usually one or two days in duration) which
do not usually lead to a qualification and generally provide an update to professional
knowledge. Travel claims are made on the Board business travel and subsistence form.
c) Officers attending mandatory training courses such as Freedom of Information, Health
and Safety, Corporate Induction, and Appraisal are paid at Board business rate.
d) Officers using their car in any of the above situations should ensure that their car
insurance includes coverage for occasional business use and where possible, arrange to
travel to training events with colleagues so as to minimise travel costs.
e) It is important that officers maintain a personal record of training and development events
that they attend during the year. This record should be forwarded to the Training Manager
for inclusion in the corporate training database.
Payment of Travel Expenses
Human Resources Branch
January 2006