Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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359. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction for his Department in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; and the company name and amount invoiced between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014. [30063/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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360. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees for his Department, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; and the company name and amount invoiced between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014. [30078/14]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 360 together.

Professional fees paid by my Department for the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 amounted to €763,316. The amount invoiced by the companies or persons who provided these services to my Department during this period are set out in the tabular statement attached. These include professional services such as ICT, engineering, architecture, accounting and legal services.

In addition to the professional services referred to above, my Department also engages the services of civilian medical practitioners to provide primary care for the Permanent Defence Force when medical officers are not available or where specialist medical expertise is required. In the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014, my Department has paid €2.9m to some 527 civilian medical service providers. A 20% reduction would give rise to annual savings of €152,663 on non medical professional services and €580,593 on medical professional services.