Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [30105/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The calculations of savings requested by the Deputy are based on total expenditure of some €232,200 on training and development by my Department in 2013. The following table shows the saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction on that expenditure.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [30120/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, details of my Department's administrative provisions are published in the Revised Estimates Volume which is available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's website via the following link:

This shows that an allocation of €1.463m has been made available for Travel and Subsistence in 2014. For the Deputy's convenience, I set out in the following table the savings which would accrue based upon reductions of the order specified.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular form the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30154/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the expected carryover of capital expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30169/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the expected unspent current expenditure from 2014 into the next year. [30201/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 to 289, inclusive, together.

An allocation of some €264m has been provided to my Department's four programme areas in 2014 as follows:

As of 30 June 2014, my Department’s expenditure amounted to some €121.4m. This represents approximately 96% of the published expenditure profile.

I am committed to ensuring that the maximum value is derived from my Department's budget in terms of maintaining, promoting and protecting Ireland’s heritage and culture, developing cultural tourism, advancing the use of the Irish language, supporting the sustainable development of the islands and fostering North-South co-operation. The progress of spending across the Vote is monitored on a continuous basis through the year in order to ensure the optimal use of the available financial resources.

It is anticipated that expenditure across the Vote in 2014 will remain broadly on target to year-end.