Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Taoiseach the gross and net additional expenditure savings that his Department is seeking to achieve in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49393/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department will achieve savings in 2013 in all areas of administrative activity through improvements in procurement processes, greater use of technology and shared services, redeployment of resources and restructuring of processes. However the final 2013 allocation is still under discussion with the Department of Public Expenditure Reform as we need to take account of additional requirements in respect of the Constitutional Convention, Ireland’s Presidency of the EU and reductions to my Departments employment control framework in the context of Government policy on public service staff number reductions.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of communication, public relations, consultancy, advertising and human resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49659/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESDO was established under the NESDO Act 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). The expenditure by NESDO in 2012 to date under the headings requested by the Deputy is included in the following tabular statement:

*this figure represents the salary cost of the staff of NESDO.