Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 462: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on cost saving measures he plans introducing in the second half of 2008; if such measures will affect the delivery of front line services to the public; the programmes that will be postponed or discontinued as a result of such cost savings. [27303/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's estimate for gross expenditure for 2008 is €557.1m, an increase of €34.4m on its allocation for 2007. This figure was agreed as part of the normal Estimates process and was published in the Revised Estimates Volume in February 2008.

As the Deputy is aware, the Government recently decided upon a number of measures to maintain a prudent fiscal outturn for 2008 and to provide the basis for a sustainable approach to the financial situation in 2009. In this context, my Department will contribute €850,000 through administrative savings across the Department and bodies within its ambit. I do not anticipate that the measures in question will affect the delivery of front line services to the public or that programmes will be postponed or discontinued as a result.