Cabinet meeting in Gozo cost taxpayers €7,000

A Cabinet meeting held in Gozo last year cost taxpayers the sum of €6,827.95, information tabled in parliament by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat showed.

The PM was replying to a question raised by Gozitan MP Chris Said.

In a breakdown of the expenses revealed by Muscat, it transpired that the government spent €991.20 to transport, put together and dismantle the table used by the Cabinet members.

€992,85 were spent on putting together the necessary equipment while the rental of monitors cost €1,893.90.

The government also paid €2,950 for the use of air-conditioning services.

The July meeting was held in Victoria, Gozo, as part of a government initiative to hold Cabinet meetings in various localities around Malta and Gozo. Also present for the meeting were members from the Gozo Regional Committee – which forms part of the MCESD – and stakeholders that included Gozitan mayors.

Muscat reassured parliament that the services provided respected the government’s financial regulations.