Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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227. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [26912/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) is the only Commercial semi-State body under the aegis of my Department. The VHI generates its income through its commercial activities. The total remuneration paid to its Chief Executive, including pension contribution, is included in the VHI's operating expenses each year.

The remuneration package of the Chief Executive forms part of his contract of employment and is sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There would be no savings to my Department from such a proposal.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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228. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [26922/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The annual saving to my department of a 2.5%, 5% and 10% reduction on education and training, based on budget allocation for 2015, is set out in the following table.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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229. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [26951/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. The information will be compiled and forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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230. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the Minister's special advisers' 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. [26965/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Special Advisors in my Department are as follows:

Both Mr Murphy and Mr Miller were employed as my Special Advisors while in my previous role as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Mr Murphy's rate of pay was approved on an exceptional basis in 2011 by the Department of Finance in view of his previous salary. Mr Miller's salary currently equates to the fourth point of the Principal Officer Standard (Non PPC) salary scale and is in accordance with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines in respect of Ministerial appointments. Ms Patricia Ryan is Special Advisor to my colleague the Minister of State, Ms Kathleen Lynch T.D. If Special Advisor's salaries were capped at the first point of the Principal Officer scale, the annual saving in my Department would be €32,782.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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231. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [26979/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. The Department will compile the information and I will reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.