Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated extra cost of public pay agreements in 2018; and the extent to which these have already been counted in the fiscal space calculations for 2018. [40996/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Mid-Year Expenditure Report 2017 outlined an amount of €0.3bn to be allocated from the Lansdowne Road Agreement and €0.2bn from the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 in 2018. 

The allocation of these central provisions to Departments, in line with our obligations under the EU fiscal rules, is a matter that is subject to ongoing assessment in the context of the expenditure out-turns for 2017 and the estimates for 2018.