Written answers

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Exchequer Savings

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1021. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she 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. [34588/13]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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A total of €134,000 was spent in my Department on travel and subsistence of staff during 2012. The table below details the annual savings that would occur if the reduction percentages identified by the Deputy were applied to the 2012 amount.

Reduction %
Saving
1%
€1,340
5%
€6,700
7%
€9,380
10%
€13,400
12%
€16,080
15%
€20,100
17%
€22,780
20%
€26,800

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1022. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she 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 her Department. [34604/13]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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A total of €58,000 was spent in my Department on training and development of staff during 2012. The table below details the annual savings that would occur if the reduction percentages identified by the Deputy were applied to the 2012 amount.

Total
Reduction %
Saving
€55,100
5%
€2,900
€53,940
7%
€4,060
€52,200
10%
€5,800
€51,040
12%
€6,960
€49,300
15%
€8,700
€48,140
17%
€9,860
€46,400
20%
€11,600

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1023. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she 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 she will provide a list of all salaries, post implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement paid to her special advisors. [34620/13]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I currently have two special advisors appointed to me, one of which works full-time and the other works a 50% pattern. Both advisors were originally appointed onto the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale. The Principal Officer standard scale provides for annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and attendance and each advisor has now progressed to the third point on this scale. In accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, and the provisions of the Haddington Road Agreement, the relevant adjustments to pay have been made to the Principal Officer standard scale. A total amount of €4,535 would be saved during 2013 if both were capped at the first point of the scale.

Applicable Salary Scale
WTE
(Wholetime
Equivalent)
Current
Salary
1st point of Principal Officer Scale
Savings if capped
from 01/07/2013
Principal Officer standard scale
1.0
€81,676
€75,647
€3,014
Principal Officer standard scale
0.5
€40,838
€37,824
€1,507

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