Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to his statement on 14 October 2008 that the savings of €440 million in 2008 and €1 billion in 2009 announced in July 2008 have been achieved, he will provide a breakdown of those savings by Department and expense type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35721/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The breakdown of the overall savings target of €440 million for 2008 and €1 billion in 2009 was laid before the Dáil on the 10th of July and these details are reproduced in the Appendix to this reply.

Specific information on the achievement of these savings in 2008 will have to await the end of the year when provisional outturn figures will first become available. Provisional outturn information at subhead level is normally published for the first time in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for the following year. However, on the basis of forecast outturns published in the 2009 Budget Volume, and taking into account specific offsetting expenditure pressures in some areas, I anticipate that the underlying savings targets as set out in the Appendix will be realised in full.

Budget 2009 contains all relevant details on proposed expenditure and savings for 2009, 2010 and 2011.