Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34538/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction to all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34570/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 967 and 969 together.

The attached table details the companies who were paid in excess of €20,000 for professional services during the period 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013. In line with the Programme for Government, the Department is putting on its website details of payments for goods and services valued at more that €20,000. This threshold has been used in the answer to this Parliamentary Question to be consistent with the Programme for Government commitment.