Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the next report of the Croke Park Implementation Body will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18742/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Implementation Body, which is charged with driving the implementation of the Public Service Agreement, is required to assess the savings being facilitated under the framework of the Agreement on an annual basis. The Body has carried out two annual reviews of the Agreement to date. The two Annual Progress Reports published on foot of these reviews show that approximately €1.5bn in savings has been facilitated by the Agreement during its first two years, comprising of €810m and €678m in sustainable pay bill and non-pay (efficiency) savings respectively.

The Implementation Body is currently undertaking the third annual review of the Agreement which will assess the level of savings achieved and progress on implementing the reform commitments under the framework of that Agreement during the nine-month period from April to December 2012. I expect that the Body’s review will be completed in the coming weeks and its third annual report will be published soon after.