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Public Spending – The Facts And the Challenges Donal McNally 2 October 2009

Public Spending – The Facts And the Challenges Donal McNally 2 October 2009. Table 1 Projected Government Finances 2009 (as per Supplementary Budget April 2009). Table II Spending 2009. Table III Spending Pressures Gross Spending 2009. Table IV SERVICING THE DEBT.

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Public Spending – The Facts And the Challenges Donal McNally 2 October 2009

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  1. Public Spending – The FactsAnd the ChallengesDonal McNally2 October 2009

  2. Table 1 Projected Government Finances 2009 (as per SupplementaryBudget April 2009)

  3. Table II Spending 2009

  4. Table III Spending PressuresGross Spending 2009

  5. Table IVSERVICING THE DEBT

  6. Table V Planned Fiscal Consolidation %GDP 5.5%

  7. VIBreakdown of 2009 Current Voted Expenditure of €56.6 billion

  8. VIIPublic Service numbers 2001 - 2009

  9. VIII Special Group’s Proposed Savings and Staffing Reductions

  10. IX Structural SpendingIssues • How Spending is Managed • Focus on Short term • Volume of Inputs • Outputs & Performance Secondary • Series of Recommendations • 3 Year Budgets • Focus on Outputs • More VFM & Outside Scrutiny • Performance Charters • More CBAs • Look back reviews for Major Projects • Sunset Clauses • Cash Limits

  11. X Other Issues • How Services Are Delivered • Fragmented – Enterprise Supports & STI • Too Many Cooks – 870 Local Bodies • Same Ground Covered – Activation Measures • Do structures Help or Hinder • National, Regional, Local • Stovepipe Functions • Regulators/Ombudsmen • Voluntary Sector

  12. X (Contd) • General Savings • Public Procurement • Shared Services/Outsourcing • Property Management • Rationalising State Agencies • Policy Focus in Departments • Citizen Focus in Delivery • Specialism v Streamlining • Shared Services • Agency Life Cycle • Difficulty in Meeting “rational” piece of “Rationalisation”.

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