Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014
233. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the carry-over to 2015 in respect of budget expenditure measures introduced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/14]
View answerI refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 12 June. Pay and non-pay expenditure measures for 2014 were set out in the Expenditure Report 2014. In relation to non-pay expenditure measures introduced in the Expenditure Report 2014, the impact in 2015 is expected to be broadly equivalent to the 2014 impact as published in the Expenditure Report.
In relation to pay expenditure measures, the Haddington Road Agreement will deliver €1 billion in total savings by the end of the agreement. Just over €760 million of these savings have already been factored into the budgetary arithmetic to the end of 2014 and the rest of the savings will arise over the remaining life of the Agreement. The bulk of the remaining savings relate to the implementation of productivity and efficiency measures in the Agreement, and decisions about using the associated cash savings will be decided in the context of the Budget.
The Government will be publishing the 2015 Budget and Estimates in October, based on the up-to-date economic and fiscal outlook at that time. It will set out the Estimates and all pay and non-pay measures as decided by Government for 2015 and the expenditure ceilings for the period to 2017.
