Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in her Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to her Department; the contents of the proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28895/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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At the commencement of its work, the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes, which is chaired by Mr. Colm McCarthy, invited my Department to submit an evaluation paper to the group, setting out the main areas of spending in my Department. This paper was submitted to the special group in January 2009 and included a number of options for potential savings within my Department's Vote. The group has recently submitted a report on its considerations of all Departmental Votes to the Minister for Finance, and the Minister will bring the report to Government in the near future. Decisions on the release of the report and associated documents will be made by Government in due course.