Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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1766. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are not included in the fiscal space calculations for 2018. [38908/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate my Department was formally established with the passing of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2017 before the summer recess.  The Department’s main focus since then has been to co-ordinate its various functions and budget lines  that are transferring to the new Department from other Departments.  My Department is currently undertaking a  review of expenditure to date in the context of the estimates 2018 cycle.