Written answers
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
10:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of budgetary projections for 2009, 2010 and 2011, including all appropriations-in-aid, for expenditure receipts and balances; and if he will explain the spike in this figure for 2009, with corresponding figures for 2007 and 2008. [15467/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Budgetary projections for 2009, 2010 and 2011 are broken down in the table below and are consistent with the figures published in Supplementary Budget 2009, published on 7 April. The corresponding figures for 2007 and 2008 are also included in the table. The figures from 2007 are taken from the Appropriation Account 2007 and the Finance Account 2007, while the 2008 figures are Department of Finance estimates.
| 2007 Outturn | 2008 Provisional | 2009 Estimate | 2010 Estimate | 2011 Estimate | |
| €m | €m | €m | €m | €m | |
| Gross Voted Current Expenditure | 48,607 | 53,475 | 56,588 | 56,757 | 56,111 |
| Non-Voted (Central Fund) Current Expenditure | 3,937 | 3,936 | 5,855 | 7,796 | 9,304 |
| Gross Current Expenditure | 52,544 | 57,411 | 62,442 | 64,553 | 65,415 |
| less Current Appropriations-in-Aid and balances | 11,647 | 12,653 | 16,077 | 13,816 | 13,531 |
| Net Current Expenditure | 40,897 | 44,758 | 46,365 | 50,737 | 51,884 |
| Gross Voted Capital Expenditure | 7,819 | 8,920 | 7,329 | 6,621 | 5,491 |
| Non-Voted Capital Expenditure | 853 | 797 | 871 | 832 | 825 |
| Payment to the NPRF | 1,516 | 1,690 | 3,000 | - | 1,449 |
| Gross Capital Expenditure | 10,187 | 11,407 | 11,200 | 7,453 | 7,765 |
| Less Capital Appropriations-in-Aid | 92 | 473 | 465 | 481 | 479 |
| Net Current Expenditure | 10,096 | 10,934 | 10,735 | 6,972 | 7,286 |
The figure for Appropriations-in-Aid increases significantly from €12.7 billion in 2008 to 16.1 billion in 2009 primarily due to the increase in Social Insurance Fund (SIF) expenditure associated with the rise in the Live Register: this increased expenditure is financed fully from SIF resources (including the accumulated SIF surplus) in 2009, and these resources are recorded as Appropriations-in-Aid. However, from 2010 the surplus is eliminated and a cumulative deficit is forecast for the SIF. The total SIF resources available to meet SIF expenditure will therefore be lower than in 2009, with the Appropriation-in-Aid figure being reduced accordingly.
The following table shows a percentage breakdown of Appropriations-in-Aid for 2009. The SIF related Appropriation-in-Aid includes income for 2009 and a drawdown of the accumulated surplus.
| 2009 | |
| SIF related Appropriations-in-Aid | 63% |
| Health Levy | 12% |
| Pension-Related Deduction* | 5% |
| Other Appropriations-in-Aid | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
| * €80 million of the Pension-related deduction impacts on Gross Expenditure through the Local Government Fund |
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