Departmental Expenditure

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Questions (78)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding allocated for salaries and pensions by year and Department; and the percentage that this represented of Departmental budgets by year and Department from 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [11394/22]

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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The proportion of Departmental spending on pay and pensions will vary in line with the functions carried out by each Department. The latest available information on funding in relation to pay and pensions for the years 2017 to 2022 for each Department is set out below.

The information for the years 2017 to 2019 is based on the appropriation account figures for those years which is published on the Voted Public Expenditure Databank. This will be updated with the 2020 Appropriation Account figures in due course.

2021 figures are initial estimates and are subject to change, and as provided by Departments in their Provisional Outturn returns which are currently being finalised. 2022 are based on the allocations in the Revised Estimates Volume 2022. Year on year comparisons of spending will be impacted by the transfer of functions between Departments.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Ministerial Vote Group	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000

Agriculture, Food and the Marine Overall Gross	1387756	1546253	1635121	1674994	1688456	1891291
Pay	238862	252886	265877	281143	303571	325554
Pay % of Overall	17%	16%	16%	17%	18%	17%
Pensions	48638	50343	49421	51008	50403	54,437
Pensions % of Overall	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Overall Gross	1249984	1386854	1517775	1719144	1826884	2114791
Pay	284264	305488	317306	348198	354797	408463
Pay % of Overall	23%	22%	21%	20%	19%	19%
Pensions	6700	10853	12475	11217	16338	16,125
Pensions % of Overall	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Defence Overall Gross	920571	943741	1007060	1032026	1046712	1107081
Pay	469540	471921	495774	487425	508312	545431
Pay % of Overall	51%	50%	49%	47%	49%	49%
Pensions	239910	242204	250853	250903	259697	270,468
Pensions % of Overall	26%	26%	25%	24%	25%	24%
Education Overall Gross	9598577	10226020	10373414	8595589	9261610	9282551
Pay	5687283	6128439	6285088	5506179	5854592	6070703
Pay % of Overall	59%	60%	61%	64%	63%	65%
Pensions	1251184	1340196	1385633	1250807	1311152	1,366,600
Pensions % of Overall	13%	13%	13%	15%	14%	15%
Enterprise, Trade and Employment Overall Gross	850832	836970	1436339	1764678	936837	903825
Pay	145323	158248	293586	169349	174692	190655
Pay % of Overall	17%	19%	20%	10%	19%	21%
Pensions	48896	49067	51204	50848	54373	55,285
Pensions % of Overall	6%	6%	4%	3%	6%	6%
Environment, Climate and Communications Overall Gross	502916	552365	587170	428267	626260	868,504
Pay	54698	61986	64881	66848	70991	90887
Pay % of Overall	11%	11%	11%	16%	11%	10%
Pensions	6649	7703	6971	7760	8595	8,484
Pensions % of Overall	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Finance Overall Gross	457893	475411	524802	520526	542361	559976
Pay	321869	332359	350351	362775	376276	392405
Pay % of Overall	70%	70%	67%	70%	69%	70%
Pensions	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pensions % of Overall	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Foreign Affairs Overall Gross	706538	742525	809985	802615	834561	921327
Pay	99691	107017	119594	123478	130028	146017
Pay % of Overall	14%	14%	15%	15%	16%	16%
Pensions	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pensions % of Overall	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Overall Gross				3,167,419	3585302	3777256

Pay				1,229,246	1324014	1315651
Pay % of Overall				39%	37%	35%
Pensions				197475	353389	233,967
Pensions % of Overall				6%	10%	6%
Health Overall Gross	14798316	15974789	17459254	20809989	21669078	22193328
Pay	6901133	7497326	8066356	8953954	8858167	9420776
Pay % of Overall	47%	47%	46%	43%	41%	42%
Pensions	646975	664603	537828	518917	584717	617,929
Pensions % of Overall	4%	4%	3%	2%	3%	3%
Housing, Local Government and Heritage	2087158	3425362	4001055	5313943	5045883	5988484
Pay	54184	94430	82923	151876	161,658	185311
Pay % of Overall	3%	3%	2%	3%	3%	3%
Pensions	1703	1719	3561	9347	10,384	12,025
Pensions % of Overall	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Justice Overall Gross	2595461	2681023	2834282	2897562	3005177	3153497
Pay	1527282	1576217	1636848	1743009	1789341	1856598
Pay % of Overall	59%	59%	58%	60%	60%	59%
Pensions	327614	337686	344121	354822	378382	381,657
Pensions % of Overall	13%	13%	12%	12%	13%	12%
Public Expenditure and Reform Overall Gross	1067151	1175936	1214018	1280439	1376344	1537104
Pay	170791	188043	200238	209996	216009	245844
Pay % of Overall	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%
Pensions	535593	573729	598961	629308	699642	707,976
% Pensions of Overall Budget	50%	49%	49%	49%	51%	46%
Rural & Community Development Overall Gross	136005	237483	290683	359418	331270	378548
Pay	7905	10787	12042	13374	14474	15884
Pay % of Overall	6%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Pensions	38	21	21	37	22	38
% Pensions of Overall Budget	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Social Protection Overall Gross	19974860	20310859	20755078	30,456,905	30,262,298	23350648
Pay	298058	300455	299738	303757	315514	330655
Pay % of Overall	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Pensions	1299	1105	1365	1321	1189	1,334
% Pensions of Overall Budget	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Taoiseach's Overall Gross	167661	171595	182715	209689	207777	282523
Pay	93374	98508	104338	113064	119703	163012
Pay % of Overall	56%	57%	57%	54%	58%	58%
Pensions	55	59	62	64	323	140
% Pensions of Overall Budget	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Overall Gross	299606	302311	335343	972063	1078546	1222420
Pay	77277	83157	87258	96911	105452	126417
Pay % of Overall	26%	28%	26%	10%	10%	10%
Pensions	7682	7973	8016	14022	15152	15,345
% Pensions of Overall Budget	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Transport Overall Gross	1819108	2062925	2301192	2,679,587	3311108	3432494
Pay	83277	89902	101217	70593	74902	89975
Pay % of Overall	5%	4%	4%	3%	2%	3%
Pensions	10996	11645	10855	2575	2322	2,263
% Pensions of Overall Budget	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%

*2017-2019 figures as published on the Voted Public Expenditure Databank. 2020 figures are as per Appropriation account returns on internal monitoring system, with the exception of the NTF figures which reflect the Provisional Outturn numbers supplied. 2021 figures are initial estimates and are subject to change, these are as per the Provisional Outturn returns from Departments on our internal monitoring system which are currently being finalised. 2022 figures are as per the Revised Estimates Volume 2022.

** Comparisons between years will be impacted by the transfers of functions between Departments.