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goods and services have increased by 22 per cent over the past five years, and wage increases have fallen behind inflation; — public sector unions estimate that the gap between inflation and the pay of the average public servant over the past five years is at least

development of IE Alert, which is the new public warning system; and continued investment in the media sector. The overall increase in current expenditure allocated to the Department in Budget 2027 over the allocation in the 2026 Revised Estimates volume was just under 2.7%. There were a number … build stage of the national broadband plan and the fact that Shared Island funding is not allocated until the Revised Estimates Volume for the Public Service process is completed. Allocations to each subhead as part of the budget process were made based on the total available funding

Institute for Public Administration's digital academy, which offers digital data and AI learning pathways for the public service in 2027. This will build significantly on the estimated 20,000 staff that have already participated in tailored AI training across the public sector. This is really significant when

other Departments to protect essential healthcare, or will the Government, like we do, present honest, fully funded budgets? The publication of existing level of service, ELS, estimates from the Parliamentary Budget Office yesterday shines a light on the dilemma and realities faced by the Government. It reckons that … available pot of money are factored in for new spending, just €1 billion would be left next year for new measures, new public services and new innovations. That money will be to cover the promises that the Tánaiste and his colleagues have already made on childcare, the cost

apply a scattergun approach to last-minute negotiations, deal-making and appeasing its friends? The Government has the cheek to tell the public sector unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of workers, to come to the negotiation table yet it collectively misspends a staggering amount in last-minute … budget announced today will be revised in no time at all, propped up with Supplementary Estimates. Just look at the HSE and the Department of Education and Youth. The Department of public expenditure and reform is levying every other Department this year because of an overspend in education

capital injections in our economy in the history of the State. It sets out total public capital investment of €275.4 billion out to 2035. Total capital infrastructure investment in 2026 is estimated at close to €19.1 billion by year end, with €20.3 billion allocated for 2027. This represents … Office of Ireland has been established. This office will play an important strategic role as it works with regulators, businesses and the public to not only promote the safe, responsible adoption of AI but also to support innovation and wider competitiveness. Last week the Government hosted the International

Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, is doing on agency banks to get conversions by having staff banks. That would be a better use of public money than some of the agency costs we have. There are countless examples. That speaks to the need for a proper structure and system … existing base of spend and how that can inform the Estimates conversation for budget 2028. This is being done with the sole focus of delivering and building a better State, not undermining different areas of public services. I want to ensure that when the people we all represent

only place in the world that is getting fat on Mounjaro. I shudder to think what the withdrawal symptoms would be like for public spending and the country's finances if something were to go wrong. We know that half of all corporation tax paid … mistakes. Those Supplementary Estimates added up to an average of €2 billion per year over the last few years. That cannot continue. We need to stop the dishonest budgeting and underfunding and be honest and realistic about what it costs to run quality public services in this country

context of the Estimates process for budget 2027. Reforms and efficiencies were published and are set out in the budget 2027 documentation. Building on this work, as the Deputy has said, it is my intention to establish a new public spending efficiency task force whose mandate will

potential liability, the better equipped it will be to deal with the issue. What concerns me is that we are attempting to estimate a final bill when we still do not have the problem solved. Some 14 years later, we still do not know how many people … issue and a social issue and it is becoming a public finance issue. How many homes are going to be included? That is what we need to know. If the Government is going to give an estimate, I want to know how many homes are involved, what

reduce the pressure on working people, both public servants and private sector workers, in terms of the cost of living. If you combine what we did in the budget with the actual provision of €1.2 billion in the Estimates, by any objective yardstick that is a platform … rates and a pay deal that were higher than inflation. We are willing to engage with the unions again, and the Minister for public expenditure has made this very clear with the trade union movement, in terms of negotiating a new pay agreement. I genuinely believe that negotiation

Increasing tobacco products taxation is an internationally recognised key public health policy measure, one endorsed by the World Health Organizaition, to continue the downward trend in smoking rates. The increase in tobacco products tax is estimated to yield approximately €63.1 million in a full year and an additional

tracked nationally significant projects through the Critical Infrastructure Act; cut months from project timelines through reformed approval processes; backed decision makers across the public service with a clearer approach to risk; and taken steps to reduce the number of legal cases that can hold up critical projects … months this year. This will cost an estimated €73 million. To further support the transport sector in 2027, I am allocating €5.5 billion to the Department of Transport. This will enable: a record level of investment to maintain and enhance public transport networks and support the roll

part of the Revised Estimate Volume. In line with previous rounds, it is proposed to assess the level of demand following the closure of applications at the end of February. Following on from that assessment, my Department will engage with the Department of public expenditure in the context

Estimate and is provided for in the budget. The Deputy, as leader of the Labour Party, knows full well that the basis exists for negotiations, given what happened in the budget, that €1.2 billion is provided and that we have increased the number of public servants by over

spectrum. The mad thing is that a deal was done this time last year between the Department of education and the Department of public expenditure in which an understanding was reached that the Department of education would be tapped up for a few hundred million euro this year … Manchester, the Government’s luck will eventually run out, and relegation to the Opposition benches cannot come quick enough. Ministers deliberately lowball Estimates to make the overall figures look good. In a serious country, any Minister who did that would be handed their P45. That is another indication

placed on this register. The Government also introduced a targeted top-up of the vacant property refurbishment grant for entire former commercial or public buildings being completely converted fully into multiple homes. Figures show that there are 1,001 derelict properties across Dublin, making up approximately … more than one third of Ireland's local authorities failed to collect a single cent of the levy in 2024, leaving an estimated €26 million uncollected. The introduction of a derelict property tax will bring more properties back into communities across the country. The finance Bill published

enabling the continuation of important work across the country. The final estimated allocation for each area will be confirmed in the Revised Estimates volume, which will be published in December and considered by the relevant roghchoistí. A particularly welcome development is the provision of long-term funding certainty … allocation. This represents an important step towards ensuring that community integration supports can be delivered on a more sustainable basis. As with all public expenditure, the Department has a responsibility to ensure that SICAP resources are used effectively and deliver maximum benefits. This will involve improving processes

poor back under it. A €10 increase per week for those reliant on social protection payments does not, despite what the Minister for public expenditure has claimed, keep up with the inflation facing these families. Instead of fully tackling child poverty, it has thrown peanuts at it, adding … been the miserly and mean treatment of those with disabilities. This budget offers little hope for change. In 2021, the Indecon report estimated that the cost of disability was, at minimum, an extra €8,700 per year per person. Some five years later, after much consultation and fanfare

were in it. Let us talk about agriculture. The overall budget for agriculture that was passed by our agriculture committee, including the Supplementary Estimate, was €2.4 billion. The budget this year in total is €2.3 billion. While there are movements of money within it, with straw incorporation measures … allocated. There was €26 million or €27 million spent. The difference between that and the €85 million is still there. The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation gave it to the Department of agriculture. I see €31 million is being allocated today

inflation crisis started. Therefore, for a 0.1% tax on the trading of shares by capitalists in this country, we could give every single public sector worker who was on strike last week a 10% pay increase. We could put price controls on electricity, gas, home heating oil, petrol … They are a sort of shadow budget that is not really talked about because these tax credits were brought in in previous budgets. Estimates vary as to their worth, but the tax expenditures of various kinds given away to various sectors are at least €20 billion a year

mobilise for those public sector strikes because the Government has not responded to the legitimate demands and needs of working people, be they public sector or private sector, or those who are struggling with the cost-of-living and housing crises facing this country. When the Government refuses … less than 1% or maybe a little bit over 1% in terms what they get. However, that is against a background where Fórsa estimates that workers lost 5% of their income over the period of the last pay agreement, which expired at the beginning of this year. Then

funding has failed to keep pace. The Government's response is a paltry €10 million in additional core funding against a crisis estimated by the Irish Universities Association to exceed €250 million. That is a drop in the ocean and a failure to acknowledge the magnitude … forced into long commutes or left wondering if they can afford to attend university at all. Rhe new student accommodation strategy proposes handing public land to private investors while student unions raise serious concerns about this and universities question whether these plans are even feasible without Government funding

There was a time when increasing the price of tobacco was an effective public health measure. We all understood and agree with that. However, we must be honest about where we are now. This strategy now has diminishing returns in relation to people not smoking or giving … coming in. The figures we have suggest that over €1.1 billion worth of unregulated cigarettes were consumed in Ireland last year, with an estimated loss to the Revenue of €810 million, which is up €76 million on the previous year. No one is arguing that smoking

contrast it with security costs in the private sector. He does not have a specific number for security. He does not have an estimated number for security. He does not have an average across all of these. Basically, the Minister of State is saying he is getting … moment. Hundreds of millions of euro are being wasted in this country that could be spent on increasing the income of individuals, increasing public services to individuals or increasing the infrastructure in this country. The level of waste is not tolerable. I have put this question in twice

Expenditure Report, which states that €5.6 billion in capital expenditure is being provided to Programme A – Housing in 2027, the reason the Estimates for Public Services 2027 set out in the same report provide capital of €5,201 million for Programme A, compared with €5,218 million

Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the allocation to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the Estimates for Public Services has been reduced from €230 million in 2025 to €200 million in 2026 and to €150.4 million in 2027; the number of patients

Inquiry into Spina Bifida and Complex Scoliosis Scoping Exercise; whether there is an amount agreed in a contract or elsewhere; and the estimated amount of public money that will be spent on this report. [74514/26

been identified to his Department or the Housing Activation Office as being constrained by deficits in water, wastewater, electricity, transport or other public infrastructure; the estimated number of homes affected; the nature of the constraint in each case; and the actions being taken to address these constraints. [71693/26

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the latest estimate of the total loss of private income received by public hospitals in 2026; the forecast for 2027; and the funding provided in Budget 2027 to reduce the impact. [74476/26

Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on which departments will require supplementary estimates to cover any expenditure above their allocation in Budget 2026. [74676/26

total number of clinical placement hours provided by student nurses and student midwives within the public health service in each of the past ten years; the number of students involved; the estimated replacement cost had those hours been provided by paid healthcare assistants, staff nurses or agency staff

efficiencies; whether the Taskforce will undertake systematic reviews of existing expenditure programmes across Departments and public bodies; the ways its work will interact with the existing spending review process and the annual Estimates process; the mechanisms through which its recommendations will be implemented/monitored; and whether quantified savings targets

announcement of 140 new and enhanced proposed public transport service routes for 2027, based on the information held or proposals submitted to his Department, including from the National Transport Authority as part of the 2027 Estimates and Budget process, the most up to date information available

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the projected 2026 outturn for gross voted expenditure compared with the expenditure ceiling of €117.8 billion set in Budget 2026, by Ministerial Vote Group, in tabular form; and the Supplementary Estimates expected to be brought before Dáil Éireann

records an estimated accommodation capacity of approximately 2,300 persons at Citywest hotel and convention centre, whether his Department has undertaken or participated in an assessment of the impact of this population on services and infrastructure in Citywest, Saggart, Rathcoole and the surrounding area; which public bodies