Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown, by Department, of the annual amount of current and capital spending cuts for each year since 2008. [30401/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Gross voted expenditure was reduced from €62.4bn in 2008 to €54bn in 2014. Budget 2015 marked the first time since the onset of the crisis when reductions in overall voted expenditure were not required to meet our fiscal targets.

In the period between 2008 and 2014, gross voted current expenditure was reduced by €2.9bn with voted capital expenditure reduced by €5.5bn.

The tables below provide a breakdown of Departmental spending, split between current and capital, over the period. As the Deputy is aware, during the period there were several transfers of functions between various Departments; the notes to the tables indicate the key changes in this regard.

Table 1: Total Gross Voted Current Expenditure by Vote Group

² The Functions, personnel and associated funding of this Vote were transferred to the following Votes during 2011; Vote 6 (Department of Finance); Vote 19 (Justice & Equality); Vote 20 (Garda Síochána); Vote 25 (Environment, Community & Local Government); Vote 31 (Agriculture, Fisheries & Food); Vote 32 (Transport, Tourism & Sport); Vote 35 (Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht); Vote 38 (Social Protection); Vote 39 (Health) and Vote 43 (Children and Youth Affairs).

³ The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in 2011 with this Vote Group incorporating certain Votes and functions previously within the Finance Group.

Table 2: Total Gross Voted Capital Expenditure by Vote Group