Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2015
66. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the annual saving to her Department if spending on professional fees, including but not limited to legal, IT-related, accountancy and other advisory and consultancy fees, was reduced by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26954/15]
View answerBased on the amount of fees paid by the Department of Social Protection in 2014, a saving of €1,507,044 would accrue to the Exchequer, if expenditure on professional fees was reduced by 10%. Please note that such expenditure does not include medical certification and vision testing fees carried out by health professionals, but does include legal, IT-related, accountancy, and other advisory and consultancy fees.
However, an annual saving of this amount may not be realisable due to the difficulty in projecting the annual spend. Therefore the saving may be different.
