Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to travel and expenses for his Department. [34600/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department's 2013 budget allocation for administration subhead (ii) travel and subsistence is €390,000. Expenditure in this subhead from 1 January to end June was €162,172. In addition expenditure in respect of travel costs associated with the administration subhead (viii) EU Presidency from 1 January to end June was €51,283.

The table below provides details of the annual savings to the Exchequer of reductions between 1% and 20% to travel expenditure based on a projected annual spend of €375,628 including both subheads (ii) and (viii):

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisors pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if he will provide a list of all salaries, post implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement paid to his special advisors. [34632/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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There are five Special Advisers employed by my Department, four of whom are my Special Advisers and one of whom is Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip.

The details requested in relation to their salaries is set out in the table below.

The 1st point of the Principal Officer (standard scale) in €75,647.

The salary cost for special advisors employed in my Department in 2012 was €581,236. The comparative full year figure for Special Advisors employed in this Department in 2010 was €1,072,920.