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

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Given that I am dealing with Government Departments, my expectation is that if and when we make savings or identify ways in which services can be better delivered, they are reinvested back within those Government Departments. Any resource choices that I make overall will be consistent with the 2:1 split between expenditure and taxation that has been agreed between the Government and Deputy Lahart's party.