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09/07/2008
Dáil Delays Holidays To Debate Economy
The Dáil is to begin a two-day debate on the public spending cuts proposed by the Government.
Dáil members are supposed to have started their summer break last Thursday, but a further week was agreed to deal with the worrying economic problems.
Yesterday the Government outlined its plans to cut €500 million in the current year, and €1bn next year from the spending budget, in order to deal with falling tax revenues.
Details of these cuts are to be announced by each department and their individual ministers during the course of a nine-hour debate.
Opposition parties have complained of a lack of detail in the run up to the debate following Brian Cowen's spending cuts announcement on Tuesday, and said the Government's figures did not add up.
Speaking about the Government's strategy, Fine Gael Finance Spokesman, Richard Bruton TD said: “There was no evidence of a clearly thought-out plan, no detail provided on where the cost savings being proposed were going to come from and no answers on how frontline services were going to be safeguarded.”
This year, the Government is hoping to save up to €20m this year in payroll savings; €50m in efficiencies that were flagged in the Budget; and another €21m saved on advertising, public relations and consultancy fees.
The balance will come from departmental spending, although the Government pledges frontline services will not be affected.
(DW)
Dáil members are supposed to have started their summer break last Thursday, but a further week was agreed to deal with the worrying economic problems.
Yesterday the Government outlined its plans to cut €500 million in the current year, and €1bn next year from the spending budget, in order to deal with falling tax revenues.
Details of these cuts are to be announced by each department and their individual ministers during the course of a nine-hour debate.
Opposition parties have complained of a lack of detail in the run up to the debate following Brian Cowen's spending cuts announcement on Tuesday, and said the Government's figures did not add up.
Speaking about the Government's strategy, Fine Gael Finance Spokesman, Richard Bruton TD said: “There was no evidence of a clearly thought-out plan, no detail provided on where the cost savings being proposed were going to come from and no answers on how frontline services were going to be safeguarded.”
This year, the Government is hoping to save up to €20m this year in payroll savings; €50m in efficiencies that were flagged in the Budget; and another €21m saved on advertising, public relations and consultancy fees.
The balance will come from departmental spending, although the Government pledges frontline services will not be affected.
(DW)
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