Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual savings to his Department and the bodies under its aegis of reducing all commercial semi-State chief executive officer pay by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26911/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The total amount of the salaries of the Chief Executive Officer’s of the four commercial semi-state bodies under my ageis is €648,126. 10% of this figure would be €64,812.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to his Department if spending on education and training was reduced by 2.5%, 5% and 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26914/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Total Savings on Education and Training in 2014 if spending was reduced by the percentage indicated by the Deputy are as follows:

2.5% = €20,368

5%= €40,736

10% = €81,472.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to his Department if spending on professional fees, including but not limited to legal, IT-related, accountancy and other advisory and consultancy, was reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26942/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to provide this information in the time available. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if the Minister's special adviser's salary was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade, that is €75,647; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Two Special Advisors are employed by my Department as Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants at Principal Officer level and receive remuneration based on an incremental pay scale system. This is consistent with remuneration for all Civil Servants. If the remuneration for Special Advisors was capped at the first point of the relevant Principal Officer pay scale, the incremental savings to date for the current Advisors would be in the region of €9060.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to his Department and the bodies under its aegis if all the fees for all State agency, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State board members were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26971/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The authorised fees to the chairpersons and board members are outlined in the attached table. If no board member waives their fee, the total cost to the state bodies would be €783,572. Therefore 25% of that figure would be €195,893. No fees are payable to serving public servants.