Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Revised): Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Excuse me, I thought the Deputy was referring to 2016. Regarding why I did not identify such an efficiency savings figure for 2017, I will not go into a spending review and lay out the precise figure I am looking to save. The reason for this is I want this to be an ongoing approach that will happen every year, and if I lay down the exact figure we are looking to save, I will perhaps create an environment in which I can only save lower than that figure, and I do not want that to happen.

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