Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2026
849. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is being applied. [35085/26]
View answerIn April, Government agreed that additional funding of €646 million will be provided to the Department of Education and Youth in 2026. It was further agreed that €446 million of this additional funding will be provided by way of a levy from 2027, calculated on the current expenditure REV 2026 allocations of Votes other than the Department of Education and Youth.
My Department has been advised by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation that the levy will apply to current expenditure in the Justice Vote Group in 2027 and that the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Group pay is being protected in the distribution of the levy.
My Department will be engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation in relation to the application of the levy across the Vote Group and the efficiencies and reforms required to ensure this.
