Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the running costs of his Department for each of the years 2006 to 2014; if savings have been made; the origin of such savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The requested information in respect of my Department’s Administrative Budget which funds all of my Department’s operational costs is outlined in the Table 1 below showing the overall situation for each year from 2006 to 2014 and in Table 2 which shows greater detail for years 2006 and 2014. In the context of the achievement of pay and non pay savings in my Department’s Administrative Budget, my Department has, since 2005 been engaged in a major programme of re-organisation at all levels.

This has been facilitated by changes in the schemes administered by my Department, reductions in disease levels, the advanced use of information technology and a programme of internal reviews of business units, including major reviews of the local office network, which had led to improved business processes and greater efficiency.

This re-organisation also took account of the Government moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the Public Service.

Table 1 Administrative Budget Outturn2006-2014

Table 2: Elements of the Administrative Budget 2006 and 2014 and % change