Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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465. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure consolidation path increase in savings from prior year expenditure figure for 2014. [38662/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The expenditure measures announced on 5 December 2012 in the Expenditure Report 2013 were designed to yield a further €0.1 billion from 2014 onwards over and above the continuation of their 2013 impact. The impact in 2014 and subsequent years of these measures was built into the future gross expenditure ceilings set for Departments and also reflected in the estimates at the time the level of further savings measures required for 2014 so as to adhere to the 2014 expenditure ceilings. Details of their ceilings and savings effort requirements are set out in the Report.

The Government will be publishing its Budget and Estimates on 15 October and this will set out the Estimates and measures as decided by Government for 2014 and the expenditure ceilings for the period to 2016.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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466. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year saving to the Exchequer, both gross and net figures, if all public sector salaries, excluding hospital consultants over €100,000 were reduced (details supplied) [38663/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Based on the information currently available to my Department, the estimated full year gross saving in the Exchequer and Local Government pay bill arising from a reduction in public service salaries (excluding hospital consultants) for amounts over €100,000 of 15% and amounts over €150,000 of 30% is some €12m. The estimate takes account of the reductions in pay arising from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009, and the Financial Emergency Measures Act 2013, but does not take account of any offsetting reductions in taxes and levies. As the combined effect of the estimated marginal tax rate and the pension related reduction at a pay level for a public servant of €100,000 p.a. or higher is at least 62.5%, the estimated net savings would be reduced to less than €4.5m.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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467. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies' CEO salaries were reduced by 10%. [38664/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of my Department were reduced by 10% would amount to €22,407 and 23 cent.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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468. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO’s pay were reduced by 10%. [38665/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's questions I can confirm that there are no commercial state companies under the remit of my Department.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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469. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non-commercial State-sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State companies, were reduced by 25%. [38666/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's questions the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies under the aegis of my Department were reduced by 25% would amount to €19,493 and 75 cent.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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470. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year saving to the Exchequer if all Ministers special advisers' salaries were capped at first point of principal officer grade €75,647. [38667/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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If all Special Advisors were paid €75,647 (the current minimum of the PO Standard Scale), there would be an indicative annual saving figure of

€673,000.