Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department, and agencies or other public sector bodies under the aegis of his Department will achieve his proposed 3% cut in payroll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31350/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Last July, I announced a series of cost saving measures that the Government had decided to introduce to help meet current expenditure pressures. These measures included a 3% cut in the public sector payroll bill for 2009.

In my Department, and all other Departments, work is already being undertaken to ensure that the 3% payroll bill reduction is delivered. A range of measures are being considered including curtailing or suspending staff recruitment, the control of premium pay, the management of vacancies, the organisation of work processes and the level at which work is carried out.

The appropriate mix of measures to be used in each Department or in the bodies under their aegis will vary.