Cost of other trips? Healey won’t say

The Healey administration declined yesterday to provide records detailing the cost of all statefunded business trips taken by Gov. Maura Healey this year even as they provided figures for a recent trek to Ireland.

Not all of Healey’s trips are funded by taxpayers, only those that are considered state business. Personal

and political trips are not paid for using state dollars, and are typically covered personally or with campaign cash.

The administration declined a Herald records request filed May 10 for airfare and hotel receipts for all flights leaving and returning to Massachusetts and hotel stays outside the state since the start of the year for the governor and accompanying staff members.

“By law, records held by the Office of the Governor are not subject to the Massachusetts public records law,” a letter to the Herald said. “Governor Healey’s Office will evaluate public records requests based on the public records law, established exemptions, and any unique obligations of the Governor’s office.”

The governor’s office is not subject to the public records law, though Healey has said in the past that she would not claim a blanket exemption.

The governor has spent more than a month out of state, according to copies of her calendar provided to the Herald. That includes trips to Washington, New Jersey, Michigan, and Rhode Island, among other places.

She attended the State of the Union address in February at the invitation of U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, who said he did not pay for Healey’s travel expenses.