David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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522. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14115/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Estimate of Expenditure for the Department of Social Protection for 2017 will not be finalised until the Revised Estimates Volume is published later this year. Based on estimated expenditure for 2016, a saving in the region of €2.45 million would accrue to the Exchequer, if expenditure on professional fees was reduced by 10%. Please note that this includes legal, ICT external service delivery and other advisory and consultancy related expenditure. It does not include medical certification and vision testing fees carried out by health professionals for various social welfare schemes.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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523. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14131/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Estimate of Expenditure for the Department of Social Protection for 2017 will not be finalised until the Revised Estimates Volume is published later this year. Based on estimated expenditure for 2016, a saving in the region of €495,000 would accrue to the Exchequer, if expenditure on travel and subsistence was reduced by 10% next year.