Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [34553/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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1182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [34585/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1180 and 1182 together.

Details of consultancy and other external expenditure by my Department are published on its website at the following .

Reduction of costs across all activities continues to be a major focus of my Department. The measures in place to ensure that purchases of goods and services are made on the most economically advantageous terms include the competitive tendering process, availing as appropriate of Public Service Framework Agreements and availing of the Services of the National Procurement Service. I have no plans for, nor am I currently examining the effect of, introducing a 20% reduction in the fees referred to by the Deputy.