Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the increase in 2019 in the expenditure ceiling earmarked for each Department in 2020, by capital funding and current funding; the measures the additional funding is already committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36741/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Gross voted current and capital expenditure ceilings for the 2020 to 2022 period were published in July of this year in the Mid-Year Expenditure Report (MYER). Table 1.3 on page 8 of the MYER sets out gross voted current expenditure ceilings and table 1.4 on page 9 of the report sets out gross voted capital expenditure ceilings. These tables are also provided in appendix 1.

In terms of current expenditure, pre-committed expenditure for 2020 amounts to €1.2 billion. This is made up of:

- €0.5 billion for demographic pressures in the areas of Health, Social Protection and Education;

- €0.3 billion in carryover costs relating to current expenditure measures introduced in Budget 2019; and

- €0.4 billion for the Public Service Stability Agreement.

Demographic allocations have been included in the published Departmental ceilings for Health, Education and Social Protection. Other pre-committed expenditure, along with the remaining unallocated resources, will be allocated to Departments through the Estimates process, as is usual, with Table 1.3 of the MYER including an amount for unallocated resources of €0.3 billion. 

In terms of capital expenditure, the ceilings published in the MYER are in line with the National Development Plan allocations. In addition, €0.2 billion has been set aside for an ‘Expenditure Reserve’ for 2020, to meet additional costs arising from the National Children’s Hospital and the National Broadband Plan.

PQ36741/19 - Appendix 1

Table 1: Pre-Budget Ministerial Gross Current Expenditure Ceilings 2020 - 2022

Table 2: Ministerial Gross Capital Expenditure Ceilings 2020 – 2022