Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals which have been put forward under the efficiency review 2008, initiated on budget day 2008, by his Department and agencies operating under his Department; and the aggregate savings to be made by implementation of these savings in 2008 and in the full year for 2009. [26484/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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In Budget 2008, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance announced the requirement for all Government Departments to examine all administrative spending under their aegis with a view to producing efficiency savings. The review in my Department covered all spending areas including the non-commercial State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, with no area being regarded as exempt from critical scrutiny with a view to realising efficiencies. The review was submitted to the Department of Finance in March and is currently under consideration in that Department.