Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services

10:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the expenditure ceilings that were published. I have been informed that the local government fund is not contemplated within those ceilings. What other major funds via which the State expends money are not included within the expenditure ceilings? Most people would have presumed that voted expenditure would include the total amounts expended by Departments. I understand that the Central Fund, which is used to deal with interest on the national debt and make payments to the EU, falls outside the voted expenditure process. Is it Mr. Heffernan's understanding that the local government fund was not part of the expenditure ceilings that were published?

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