Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the current spending cuts for 2012 include the spending cuts carry forward of €400 million from budget 2011. [36395/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The programme measures announced in Budget 2011 were designed to yield an additional level of savings in 2012 of just over €80 million. The 2011 Budget also included a multi-annual Employment Control Framework through which public pay bill savings can be achieved over a number of years by reducing public sector staffing numbers, subject to further policy decisions at Departmental and Agency level to adhere to the agreed aggregate ceilings. At the time of the publication of the National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014 in November 2011, the 2012 additional savings from these measures were estimated at almost €400 million in 2012. The decisions necessary to give effect to these savings projections are currently being considered by the Government, consistent with the updated fiscal adjustment path set out in the Medium-Term Fiscal Statement, published on 4 November 2011.