Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance
2:00 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am having very intense discussions with every Government Department at the moment. When the Taoiseach introduced the concept of hidden fiscal space, he was talking about savings that could be delivered in terms of efficiencies and making sure we can provide existing services better. That led to the publication of papers in the comprehensive spending review, which looked at every Government Department to see if there were opportunities for services to be delivered better. They are now featuring in the engagement I am having with every Government Minister.
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