Written answers

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Departmental Expenditure

7:00 pm

Photo of Jack WallJack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the group established by the Government to identify potential cost savings in the public sector in relation to possible cutbacks in her Department's expenditure. [23297/09]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes was established by the Minister for Finance to examine current expenditure programmes in each Department and to make recommendations for reducing public service numbers so as to ensure a return to sustainable public finances. It is expected that the Group will submit its report to the Minister for Finance shortly.

The Group has not met with individual Ministers in the course of its deliberations. However, at the invitation of the Special Group, my Department submitted a report, as well as expenditure trends to the group in April last on the various schemes and services operated by my Department as in order to facilitate the Group's examination of my Department's expenditure. In addition, the Secretary General of my Department and other officials met with the Group in on May 6 last and a wide-ranging discussion took place.

When available, the Group's conclusions will be considered by the Government and may be taken into account on an ongoing basis in the context of preparing the Estimates of Expenditure for 2010 and later years.

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