Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2013
308. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed savings of €1 billion that he is seeking in the renegotiations over the Croke Park agreement included in the projections for expenditure on compensation of employees for 2013, 2014 and 2015 which are contained in budget 2013's economic and fiscal outlook. [7027/13]
View answerThe €1 billion in savings being sought in the period to 2015, which is being considered in the context of the renegotiation of the Croke Park Agreement referred to by the Deputy, is to be found from the Exchequer pay and pensions bill and has been included in the budgetary arithmetic. The exact savings in each year will obviously be influenced by the precise package of measures agreed.
The ‘Compensation of Employees’ aggregate figures presented in Table 12 of Budget 2013 are related to, but not equivalent to, the Exchequer pay bill. Compensation of employees of general government is compiled to an international definition comparable among Member States of the EU and includes the compensation of employees of all arms of government including non-commercial semi-state bodies and local government.
