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asked the Minister for Labour if he will indicate each subhead of each Vote for which he is responsible which is to be increased in the 1981 Estimates by less than 16 per cent and/or the officially expected rate of inflation in 1981; and how economies, if any, are to made in respect of each such subhead so as to keep within the provision in the subhead.
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asked the Minister for Labour how he expects to make each of the following expenditure reductions for which provision has been made in the Book of Estimates; (a) £32,000 on office machinery, (b) £25,000 on advertising and publicity, (c) £9,000 on subscriptions to international organisations, (d) £5,000 on research, (e) £150,000 on resettlement allowances, (f) £2.1 million on the Employment Incentive Scheme and (g) £100,000 on the Graduate Conversion Scheme; and if any diminution in the level of services to the public will result from any of the cuts.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Question Nos. 27 and 28 together.
The detailed information sought by the Deputy can more appropriately be raised when the Estimates for my Department come before the Dáil. In the meantime, I wish to state that the allocations shown in the abridged Book of Estimates conform with the overall allocations decided by the Government and the necessary steps will be taken to avoid excess expenditure on my Department's Vote.
