Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
481. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the staff training and development provision for his Department. [30106/14]
View answerCosts associated with staff learning & development across my Department during 2013 were €100,000. This represents just over 1% of total costs associated with the administration and running of my Department in that year.
As a relatively small Department with a significant body of work to carry out in the coming years, I am very much aware of the key role that learning and development of staff plays in order to help achieve better policy making, better administration and better drafting of legislation with associated better outcomes. As such, I would like to see similar levels of investment continue and indeed if possible, increase in the coming years as more effective opportunities for learning and development are identified.
That said, the information requested by the Deputy is set out below and relates to reductions using 2013 expenditure levels as a baseline.
|
% Spend |
2013 expenditure |
% reduction Saving |
|
100% spend |
€100,000 |
- |
|
5% reduction |
- |
€5,000 |
|
7% reduction |
- |
€7,000 |
|
10% reduction |
- |
€10,000 |
|
12% reduction |
- |
€12,000 |
|
15% reduction |
- |
€15,000 |
|
17% reduction |
- |
€17,000 |
|
20% reduction |
- |
€20,000 |
