Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money, with regard to his announcement of 8 July 2008, that has been saved on advertising and consultancy costs in the period from 8 July 2008 to date in 2008; the amount he expects to save by the end of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33449/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government decision of 8 July in relation to expenditure savings in the remainder of 2008 identifies savings of €82.732m to be delivered across the Finance group of votes. The proportion of these savings to be realised in the Consultancy & Advertising category are set out in the following table.
| Department/Office | Savings Requirement 08/07/08-31/12/08 | Advertising Spend 08/07/08-30/09/08 | Consultancy Spend 08/07/08-30/09/08 |
| €'000 | €'000 | €'000 | |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | 76 | 0 | 91 |
| Department of Finance | 222 | 97 | 56 |
| Office of the Ombudsman | 44 | 36 | 3 |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners | 259 | 551 | 116 |
| Public Appointments Service & CPSA | 299 | 358 | 136 |
| State Laboratory | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Valuation Office | 38 | 6 | 12 |
| Office of the Appeals Commissioner | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Advertising and consultancy budgets are a constituent part of a general subhead budget and it is not therefore possible to separately identify the budget or savings specific to this category for the period in question. However a range of measures have been implemented to ensure cost savings are achieved, including pre-approval of all advertising and consultancy expenditure. The target savings set out above will be achieved.
In the time available, the Office of Public Works was unable to collate the information sought. I have asked that office to communicate the relevant information direct to the Deputy.
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money, with regard to his announcement of 8 July 2008, that has been saved on the cost of tribunals in the period from 8 July 2008 to date in 2008; the amount he expects to save by the end of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33450/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The costs of specific Tribunals are met from the Votes of the Ministers with responsibility for these Tribunals, and the matter should be raised with the relevant Minister.
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