State papers: Dukes chastised FitzGerald over US gifts

Former finance minister Alan Dukes chastised then Taoiseach Garet FitzGerald over using taxpayer money to hand out gifts on overseas trips.
In his rebuke â revealed in confidential files â Mr Dukes refuses to pay for the largesse out of a âmiscellaneous expensesâ budget and orders the Taoiseachâs office to pick up the bill themselves.