Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Budget 2015: Department of Finance

4:15 pm

Mr. Shane Enright:

That is just the Government consumption - the purchase of goods and services by Government - which is about one-third of overall Government spending in the economy because, for instance, social welfare is not included in Government consumption, as it is not a purchase of a service-----