Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2022
336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the resources that have been allocated to demographics, public sector pay and existing levels of services and the National Development Plan, respectively in tabular form. [37678/22]
View answerTable 1 of the 2022 Summer Economic Statement sets out the budgetary strategy for the period to 2025. As part of the total budget package set out for each year to 2025, amounts of between €3 to 3.4 billion are indicated as for ‘budgetary decisions’. This category comprises provision for Existing Levels of Service (ELS) costs and the planned core capital expenditure increases under the National Development Plan (NDP).
The NDP published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland over the next 10 years, and sees total public investment of €165 billion over the period 2021-2030. Core capital increases in upcoming Budgets will be in line with the parameters set out in the NDP, with an additional €0.8 billion in 2023.
Under the approach set out in last year’s Summer Economic Statement, 3% of the core current expenditure base is being set aside each year to meet ELS costs. These include costs arising from demographic pressures in areas such as Social Protection, Health and Education; carryover costs from measures already introduced in prior year Budgets; and public service pay commitments under existing pay deals. €2.2 billion is indicated under Budget 2023 to meet these costs.
The division of the available resources under this 3% provision will be examined each year using the most up to date information and will be allocated as part of the Estimates process. This breakdown will be published each year in the Expenditure Report.
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
|
€Bn |
€Bn |
€Bn |
|
|
Total Core Expenditure Increase |
5.7 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
|
ELS Provision 3% of Core Current Expenditure |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
|
NDP Core Capital Increase |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
|
Provision for New Expenditure Measures |
2.7* |
1.1 |
1.2 |
*€0.4 billion of the Budget 2023 expenditure package is phased into 2022
** Rounding affects totals.
