Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2019
242. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19736/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs set out in the most recent fiscal monitor, total gross voted expenditure to end-April 2019 amounted to €20,247 million. This is 5.4% or €1,031 million higher than the same period in 2018 and €146 million, or 0.7%, behind profile. Gross voted current expenditure is up 4.1% or €740 million in year-on-year terms and is 0.8%, or €143 million, below profile. Gross voted capital is 25.7%, or €291 million, higher than the end-April 2018 position and is -0.2%, or €3 million, behind profile.
Table 1 below sets out gross voted expenditure for the years 2007 to 2019. The data provided here is broken into gross voted current and capital expenditure for each year. A Departmental breakdown of this expenditure data can be found on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s databank, which can be found at databank.per.gov.ie. This website provides detail on expenditure back to 1994.
Table 1
|
Year |
Current |
Capital |
Total |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
|
2007 |
48,607 |
7,819 |
56,426 |
|
2008 |
53,384 |
9,011 |
62,395 |
|
2009 |
55,719 |
7,333 |
63,051 |
|
2010 |
54,179 |
6,385 |
60,564 |
|
2011 |
52,847 |
4,515 |
57,362 |
|
2012 |
52,149 |
3,809 |
55,958 |
|
2013 |
50,986 |
3,387 |
54,373 |
|
2014 |
50,501 |
3,597 |
54,098 |
|
2015 |
50,864 |
3,730 |
54,594 |
|
2016 |
51,775 |
4,212 |
55,987 |
|
2017 |
54,019 |
4,601 |
58,620 |
|
2018* |
57,052 |
5,928 |
62,979 |
|
2019** |
59,291 |
7,342 |
66,633 |
*Provisional Outturn. Does not include capital carryover from 2017 into 2018 of c. €70m.
**Revised Estimates and Further Revised Estimates.
