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

I know that, but I am talking about the actual payment. Also included are the salaries and pensions of Uachtarán na hÉireann, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and Deputies. I will come back to those points.

The Central Fund, unless otherwise stipulated by law, is where all State revenues are deposited. I now want to deal with a specific issue. I refer to the document, the Medium-Term Fiscal Statement, published in November 2012. The most important part of the document is table 3.3 on page 26 entitled Fiscal Forecasts 2012-2015. This gives a view of our overall finances, including total expenditure, receipts, the capital budget, the Exchequer balance and the general Government balance. I will summarise those and refer to some of the specific figures.

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