Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
513. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 13 July 2022, if he will provide details of funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/22]
View answerDepartmental allocations for the period 2021 – 2025 were set out in Table 4.2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP), which can be found on page 44 of the document. I have set out those allocations in the NDP for 2022 and 2023 in the table below, along with the existing capital allocations for 2022.
Further details of Departmental allocations are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 (REV), which are broken down by Vote, Programme and Subhead level and include Estimates for expenditure for Departments and relevant agencies under their aegis.
As the Deputy will note there have been some technical adjustments made to individual Departmental allocations since the publication of the NDP. These adjustments are consistent with the distribution of the Shared Island Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the addition of approximately €6 million in capital funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund and are reflected in the allocations set out in the REV.
In addition, the Government announced a suite of measures in February 2022 to assist with the costs of living pressures. This included the Electricity Credit to domestic account holders, which necessitated a Supplementary Estimate being brought before the Dáil in March 2022 to provide an additional €271 million for the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), who were administrating the scheme.
DECC received a further Supplementary Estimate amounting to €110 million, which was presented to the Dáil at the beginning of July 2022. The additional funds were made available to address security of energy supply for winter 2023/24 as set out in the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022.
With regard to the 2023 allocations presented in the NDP, these allocations were set in relation to 'core' capital funding envelopes. Within the NDP (table below), there are sectoral allocations identified for core funding. However, there were also opportunities to draw further funding from additional sources such as the European Regional Development Fund, the Shared Island Fund, the NDP Annual Priority Reserve, the Brexit Adjustment Reserve etc. If Departments are successful in their bids for these additional funds, their final allocations would be clarified throughout the Estimates process and finalised in the Revised Estimates Volume for that given year.
I am in the process of working with all Departments and Offices over the coming weeks to finalise the funding available at a Departmental level and to ensure that the Budget Estimates for next year are settled within the parameters agreed by Government in the SES. Budget settlements will be guided by the goals of the Programme for Government commitment to return the public finances to a more sustainable position, while addressing our infrastructure challenges, continuing to enhance our public services and social supports, and supporting a balanced recovery from the pandemic.
|
2022 NDP Allocations |
2022 Allocations |
2023 NDP Allocations |
|
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
281 |
317 |
284 |
|
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth |
33 |
33 |
40 |
|
Defence |
141 |
141 |
141 |
|
Education |
792 |
792 |
860 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
523 |
545 |
558 |
|
Environment, Climate and Communications |
700 |
1,081 |
850 |
|
Finance |
22 |
22 |
22 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
25 |
25 |
25 |
|
Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science |
538 |
552 |
579 |
|
Health |
1,010 |
1,060 |
1,127 |
|
Housing, Local Government and Heritage |
3,400 |
3,410 |
3,516 |
|
Justice |
270 |
270 |
272 |
|
Office of Public Works |
270 |
270 |
270 |
|
Public Expenditure and Reform (less OPW) |
33 |
37 |
30 |
|
Rural & Community Development |
192 |
192 |
196 |
|
Social Protection |
16 |
16 |
16 |
|
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media |
202 |
202 |
206 |
|
Transport |
2,547 |
2,547 |
2,614 |
|
Shared Island Fund |
50 |
N/A |
100 |
|
European Regional Development Fund |
70 |
N/A |
100 |
|
Annual Priority Reserve |
- |
- |
51 |
|
Government Expenditure Ceiling |
11,115 |
11,513 |
11,857 |
**Rounding effects
