Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government is actually taking on the IMF at every possible opportunity. We do not agree with the figure to which I refer.

The Deputy referred to €34 million in savings. There are some such savings in respect of payments under international agreements from the environment fund for the EPA and the RPII. We have reduced provisions for leasing. As result of better value for money available in the market, we have achieved efficiencies on the reconfiguration of the delivery of housing services to the value of €7 million. On the administrative side and arising from the reduction in staffing numbers to which I referred earlier in the context of the employment control framework, we made savings of €4 million. We reduced the costs associated with the operation of the Mahon tribunal by €2.5 million. We also made savings in respect of dormant accounts and the RAPID and PEACE programmes of €3.5 million. In the communities and rural development section, there was a requirement for a reduction of €8 million in the current year in respect of the local and community development programme. That might be added on next year. It is part of a rolling programme to the conclusion of the programme period at the end of 2013. Those are the areas in which we made the necessary savings of €34 million.