Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further reduced since the initial allocation in the Estimates for his Department; the extent to which such sums have been spent to the end of June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31682/10]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The annual training budget has been reduced in recent years in line with cost savings throughout my Department. The training budget in the 2010 Estimates was €433,000. Whilst the initial budget allocation made in the Estimates has not been reduced, the Training Unit will, as always, return savings if the allocation is not spent or is not likely to be spent in the year. Total expenditure to end June 2010, from the training budget amounts to €34,573.