Departmental Budgets

Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 6 September 2019

Friday, 6 September 2019

Ceisteanna (229)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

229. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the increase in 2019 in the expenditure ceiling earmarked for each Department in 2020, by capital funding and current funding; the measures the additional funding is already committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36741/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Gross voted current and capital expenditure ceilings for the 2020 to 2022 period were published in July of this year in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report (MYER). Table 1.3 on page 8 of the MYER sets out gross voted current expenditure ceilings and table 1.4 on page 9 of the report sets out gross voted capital expenditure ceilings. These tables are also provided in appendix 1.

In terms of current expenditure, pre-committed expenditure for 2020 amounts to €1.2 billion. This is made up of:

- €0.5 billion for demographic pressures in the areas of Health, Social Protection and Education;

- €0.3 billion in carryover costs relating to current expenditure measures introduced in Budget 2019; and

- €0.4 billion for the Public Service Stability Agreement.

Demographic allocations have been included in the published Departmental ceilings for Health, Education and Social Protection. Other pre-committed expenditure, along with the remaining unallocated resources, will be allocated to Departments through the Estimates process, as is usual, with Table 1.3 of the MYER including an amount for unallocated resources of €0.3 billion. 

 In terms of capital expenditure, the ceilings published in the MYER are in line with the National Development Plan allocations. In addition, €0.2 billion has been set aside for an ‘Expenditure Reserve’ for 2020, to meet additional costs arising from the National Children’s Hospital and the National Broadband Plan.

PQ36741/19 - Appendix 1

Table 1: Pre-Budget Ministerial Gross Current Expenditure Ceilings 2020 - 2022

	€ million	€ million	€ million
Agriculture, Food and the Marine Group	1,341	1,341	1,341
Business, Enterprise & Innovation Group	330	330	330
Children and Youth Affairs Group	1,478	1,478	1,478
Communications, Climate Action & Environment Group	392	392	392
Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht Group	265	265	265
Defence Group	901	901	901
Education & Skills Group	9,880	9,927	9,974
Employment Affairs & Social Protection Group	20,744	21,004	21,264
Finance Group	481	481	481
Foreign Affairs Group	781	781	781
Health Group	16,502	16,650	16,798
Housing, Planning & Local Government Group	1,919	1,919	1,919
Justice Group	2,574	2,574	2,574
Public Expenditure and Reform Group	1,053	1,053	1,053
Rural & Community Development	153	153	153
Taoiseach's Group	192	192	192
Transport, Tourism & Sport Group	756	756	756
Public Service Stability Agreement (Cumulative)	390	651	651
Carryover of Budget 2019 Measures (Cumulative)	311	311	311
Resources to be Allocated 20201	300	300	300
Resources to be Allocated 2021	-	724	724
Resources to be Allocated 2022	-	-	1,100
Total Gross Current Expenditure	60,743	62,183	63,738

Table 2: Ministerial Gross Capital Expenditure Ceilings 2020 – 2022

-	€ million	€ million	€ million
Agriculture, Food and the Marine Group	258	265	275
Business, Enterprise & Innovation Group	630	640	715
Children and Youth Affairs Group	31	32	33
Communications, Climate Action & Environment Group	297	317	400
Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht Group	76	80	110
Defence Group	113	120	125
Education & Skills Group	942	1,006	1,100
Employment Affairs & Social Protection Group	15	16	17
Finance Group	22	18	19
Foreign Affairs Group	13	13	14
Health Group	774	780	825
Housing, Planning & Local Government Group	2,205	2,269	2,280
Justice Group	265	208	216
Public Expenditure and Reform Group	214	223	232
Rural & Community Development	150	152	175
Transport, Tourism & Sport Group	2,058	2,526	2,405
Total	8,063	8,665	8,941