Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy for his Department; and the company name and amount invoiced between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014. [30059/14]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all professional fees for his Department, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; and the company name and amount invoiced between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014. [30074/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 and 376 together.

The table details the companies who were paid in excess of €20,000 for professional services during the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014. A reduction of 20% in professional fees would equate to a saving of €2.85m for the period in question.

In line with the Programme for Government, my Department publishes on its website details of payments for goods and services valued at more that €20,000 on an annual basis. This threshold has been used in the answer to this Parliamentary Question to be consistent with the Programme for Government commitment.