Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a new round of a comprehensive review of expenditure is underway; the work that has been done to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29587/14]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I announced at the time of the 2014 Budget, last October, that a Comprehensive Review of Expenditure would be carried out during this year to help inform the multi-annual expenditure ceilings for the three years 2015 to 2017.  This review process is now under way, and the outcome will help inform the decisions that Government will take when framing the 2015 Budget. 

 In 2011, the Government introduced a new medium term budgetary framework, which among other things introduced three-year expenditure ceilings for all Government Departments.  To inform this new multi-annual approach to expenditure planning and management, the Government also agreed to carry out a Comprehensive Review of Expenditure once every three years, to focus on overall value for money and the efficiency and effectiveness of Government programmes.  Under the current Comprehensive Review, which follows on from the last one in 2011, Government Departments are conducting a focused examination of each of their programme areas. 

As with the review in 2011, the analysis carried out by each Department will help Government determine expenditure priorities for the next three years up to 2017.   The Review will be published in conjunction with Budget 2015, and the supporting detailed analysis will be made available via my Department's web site at the same time, as was the case with the 2011 Review.

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