Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions of her Department with regard to the comprehensive spending review announced in October 2016, including engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; her plans to review specific budget lines as part of this review and if so which; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18089/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has initiated a spending review of expenditure by Government Departments. The focus of the review is the development of an evidence base to inform the prioritisation of current and capital expenditure and it is being undertaken on a targeted basis operating in parallel to the estimates process for 2018. Officials of my Department have been engaging with their counterparts in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about the key elements of the review process. The area of focus for my Department is the Single Affordable Childcare Scheme.

My overall objective in the context of the review will be to realise funding provisions that reflect the expenditure policy priorities of my Department and that sufficient resources will be available for deployment towards those areas of greatest impact on children and young people.