Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential savings to the Exchequer of reducing professional fees paid by the State by 25%. [23257/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The total amount of professional fees paid by my Department in 2010 was €5,393,503. If a reduction of 25% was applied across the board then potential savings of €1,348,376 could have been achieved. In relation to expenditure on professional fees by agencies under the aegis of my Department the following outlines the position of each:-