Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
401. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer from a 20% reduction in all professional fees for her Department, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, information technology-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; and the company name and amount invoiced between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014. [30070/14]
View answerA total of circa €65.5m inclusive of VAT in professional fees was paid over this period. The annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in professional fees at this rate, would be in the region of €13.1m, inclusive of VAT. With respect to the listing sought by the Deputy, I refer to the previous answers to PQs numbers 36656/12, 45335/12, 34581/13, 34549/13 and 2732/14 which addressed the same question and stated that the sheer volume and scale of information sought would make the provision of such information unsuitable for transmission via the PQ System.
