Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [34578/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Further to my reply to Question No [34546-13], the total amounts spent on professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and other external service provision in the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013 are as follows:

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [34594/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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A breakdown of the Department’s administrative budgetary allocation for 2013 was published in the Revised Estimates Volume which shows the Department’s allocation for Travel and Subsistence as follows:

The percentages specified would be equivalent to the following:

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [34610/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Expenditure on Training & Development in my Department in 2012 was €503,045. Based on that figure, the percentage reductions specified by the Deputy would result in the following outcomes:

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers 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 advisers. [34626/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Details of the salaries paid to my Special Advisers, which are commensurate with the responsibilities attaching to their positions, are provided in the following table.

With effect from 1 July 2013, the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale is €75,647.