Cullen Malaysia trip costs still unclear

THE COST of Transport Minister Martin Cullen's three-day visit to a Malaysian island last year has still not been made public despite criticism that the trip was a misuse of public funding.

Both Minister Cullen and the Department of the Environment were last night unable to say how much the weekend, which took place during an international environmental conference in Malaysia last February, cost.

Neither Minister Cullen nor the Department of Environment have provided the names of representatives of the Malaysian Nature Society with whom the Minister met.