Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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771. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [34592/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s travel and subsistence allocation for 2013, including Met Éireann , is €1,525,000. The saving that would be associated with a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to the travel and subsistence allocation is set out in the table.

Because of exceptional costs associated with Ireland’s role in hosting the EU Presidency, an additional travel and subsistence allocation of €830,000 was set aside specifically for this particular purpose in 2013 . This allocation is not included in the calculations set out in the table.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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772. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to training and development for his Department. [34608/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department's learning & development allocation for 2013 is €316,000, and the allocation for learning & development in Met Éireann for 2013 is €70,000. This is in respect of 779 WTE staff at 1 January 2013. The savings that would be associated with a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to the learning and development allocations are set out in the table: