Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013. [44752/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Budget 2014 provided for: expenditure reduction measures of €226 million in 2014; €30 million in savings through additional fraud and control measures; and €34 million in savings through efficiencies and lower than anticipated expenditure on certain schemes, an overall expenditure reduction package of €290 million in 2014.

The savings in 2015, 2016, 2017 and in a full year arising from these expenditure reductions will be an estimated €334 million, €351 million, €363 million and €372 million respectively.