Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2008
196 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance when the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes is due to report; if elements of its recommendations will be reported, considered and implemented in advance of the group’s final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46947/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Group will report to me every two months and will submit a final report to me by the end of June 2009. The Special Group's analysis and recommendations will assist me and my Government colleagues to identify economies which can be made on the scale necessary to ensure that the public finances are brought under control in a short and economically prudent timeframe. The Group's conclusions will accordingly be considered on an ongoing basis in the context of preparing the Estimates of Expenditure for 2010 and later years, and publication or otherwise will be decided on in that context.
197 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out the remuneration arrangements for the members of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46948/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe remuneration arrangements, insofar as any apply, for members of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes are expected to be finalised in the New Year.
198 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if, with respect to the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes, the Exchequer cost of tax incentives, credits or reliefs in terms of tax revenue forgone comes under the remit of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46949/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Special Group's primary focus is on examining all programmes funded through public expenditure and to identify options for savings in the context of the Government's fiscal objectives as set out in Budget 2009. As such, tax incentives, credits or reliefs do not come under the remit of the group.
