Precommitted expenditure in each of the years up to 2021 was outlined in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform shortly following the 2018 Summer Economic Statement. For 2019, this included an increase of c. €1.5 billion in capital expenditure as part of the National Development Plan, €0.4 billion for public service pay increases, €0.4 billion for demographic costs and €0.3 billion in carryover costs.
The Budget 2019 Expenditure Report includes the cost of the Public Service Stability Agreement (€390 million in 2020 and €260 million in 2021), demographics (€450 million in 2020 and €460 million in 2021) as well as the carryover of current expenditure measures (€311 million in 2020).
As noted in the report, these estimates will be reassessed during 2019 and will be set out in the 2019 Mid-Year Expenditure Report.