Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
669 Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the agriculture budget for current expenditure in 2013 will be reduced by 8% while other Government Departments will reduce by 2.5%. [36831/12]
View answerAll Departments were allocated expenditure ceilings following Government decision on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework which was introduced in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012-2014. The Government decision was taken in the context of striking a balance between needs and priorities on a multi-annual basis and to meet the requirements of the overall fiscal commitments which are firmly focused on returning the public finances to a sustainable path and bringing the General Government Deficit below 3% by end 2015.
