Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the staff training and development provision for his Department. [30114/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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In the most recent full financial year of 2013, my Department spent a total of €303,754 on training and development. This represented a relatively modest investment in business-relevant skills development of the staff of the Department and is considered an essential enabler to building and maintaining our capacity to deliver the critical strategic mission of my Department.

A substantial proportion of expenditure in the area relates to the refund of fees to staff pursuing business-related educational courses outside of normal working hours.

The percentage reduction in this spend requested by the Deputy is outlined below:

DJEI Training and Development Expenditure in 2013 - €303,754

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the cost of travel and expenses for his Department. [30129/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the Travel and Subsistence expenditure for this Department for 2013 with the percentage reductions as requested by the Deputy.

It is important to note that the figure of €551,000 includes the vouched costs of flights and other forms of travel, hotel and other expenses along with mileage and subsistence payments made in accordance with the rates governed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The figure refers to my Department only and excludes the Patent Office, ODCE, Labour Court, NERA, CRO, EAT, Equality Tribunal and the EU Presidency.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30163/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the expected carryover of capital expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30178/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the expected unspent current expenditure from 2014 into the next year. [30210/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 to 213, inclusive, together.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 2014 gross exchequer allocation for Capital and Current expenditure is €781.022 million.

My Department maintains an ongoing review of expenditure. Current and Capital expenditure was 4% and 17% respectively behind profile at end June with variances mainly due to delays in filling vacancies and timing issues in relation to expenditure draw-down by client firms of the enterprise Agencies. These variances will be fully quantified closer to year-end, providing a clearer indication in respect of any funds available for carry-over.

The following table summarises my Department’s expenditure to the end of June 2014.