Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he sees a requirement for adjustments in the Social Protection budget to cater for any changes in the economic situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to the recent referendum in the UK regarding their European Union membership.
The 2016 Revised Estimates provides an allocation of €19.625 billion to my Department. The Summer Economic Statement, published last week, sets out that the estimated indicative fiscal space for 2017 is around €1 billion. As confirmed by the Taoiseach at the National Economic Dialogue on Monday, there will be no changes to the fiscal space available to the Government this year and for Budget 2017.
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