These publications have been prepared by members of IGEES and do not necessarily represent the policy positions of the relevant Department, Minister or the Government.
Spending Review 2018
The 2018 Spending Review is the second in a series of rolling, selective reviews, which will cover the totality of Government spending over a three year period up to 2019. The 2018 Spending Review follows on from the one carried out in 2017 as it is also published alongside the Mid-Year Expenditure Report. The objective of this review, is to ensure that all Government expenditure is considered with regard to the principles of efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact.
A number of the topic papers were undertaken, or supported, by IGEES staff based across the various Government departments and as such, the papers prepared for the Spending Review cover a wide range of policy areas and account for a significant proportion of current expenditure. While the majority of this work ws undertaken by staff in the Department of Public Expedniture and Reform, papers that were prepared elsewhere, are marked appropriately.
1. Revenue Digitalisation Efficency Effectiveness and Insights
2. Management of the Exchequer Pay Bill Key Issues
4. Policing Civilianisation in Ireland Lessons from International Practice
5. Overtime Spending in An Garda Síochána
6. Pay Expenditure Drivers at Primary and Secondary Level
7. Understanding the funding needs of Higher Education
8. Trend in services for older persons
9. Public Service Occupational Pensions in Ireland Cashflow Analysis
10. Review of Criminal Legal Aid (Department of Justice & Equality)
11. Analysis of Low Income Supports
12. Public Employment Services
13. An Analysis of Replacement Rate
14. Trend Analysis of IDA Ireland Expenditure
15. Analysis of Enterprise Supports and the Labour Market
16. Focused Policy Assessment of Start up and Entrepreneurship Supports
18. Public Service Obligation PSO Funding for Public Transport Analysis of Performance Measurement
19. Current and Capital Expenditure on Social Housing Delivery
21. Subsidised Ferry Services to the Offshore Islands
22. VFM Recommendations in DTTAS sector
23. Arts Council Recommendations Review
24. Comparative Levels and Efficiency of Public Expenditure
25. Hospital Inputs and Outputs
26. Nursing and Midwifery Expenditure
Spending Review 2017
The 2017 Spending Review is the first in a series of rolling, selective reviews, which will cover the totality of Government spending over a three year period to 2019. The results of the first year of this new approach are published with the Mid-Year Expenditure Report 2017. The objective of the review is to ensure that all Government expenditure is considered with regard to the principles of efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact.
The output for the 2017 Spending Review has two main elements with key sectoral trend analyses and individual topic papers.
The individual topic papers were selected to reflect key strategic/priority areas of expenditure, both in terms of the quantum of expenditure and the significance of the emerging policy challenges. The published output of the Spending Review is intended to contribute to a robust evidence base to inform policy making in the short and medium term.
The Spending Review framework and approach taken is in keeping with a range of other reform measures put in place to embed and improve the use of evidence in policy making across the public service, including the establishment of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, the development of the performance budgeting initiative and the Public Spending Code.
A number of the topic papers were undertaken, or supported, by IGEES staff and include papers on IGEES output, housing supports, climate change related research, acute hospital spending, pharmaceutical expenditure, the Environment Fund, special educational needs provision, further education and training and employment supports, enterprise supports, police expenditure, and funding for public transport. As such, the papers prepared for the Spending Review cover a wide range of policy areas and account for a significant proportion of current expenditure.
Estimating the Value of Additional Hours Worked – HRA and CPA
Analysis of Jobseekers and Related Expenditure
Disability Allowance Expenditure Drivers
Disability and Special Education Related Expenditure
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes II
Staff Paper 2017 Nursing Homes Support Scheme – Trends and Figures
Primary Care Reimbursement Service – Trend Analysis
Central Votes Spending Trends and Key Drivers
Analysis of Current Expenditure on Housing Supports
Tracking Trends in Public-Spending-2017
The Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service_Selection of IGEES Output
Climate Change Related Research and Funding in Ireland
Acute Hospital Spending Review
Future Sustainability of Pharmaceutical Expenditure
Special Educational Needs Provision
Further Education and Training and Employment Supports Overview Paper
Analysis of Further Education & Training Expenditure by Education Training Boards
An Assessment of the Rationale, Efficiency and Targeting of Enterprise Supports in Ireland
Challenges for Investment in Police Expenditure_ A Public Expenditure Perspective
Public Service Obligation (PSO) Funding for Public Transport
Review of Social Protection Employment Supports Expenditure
Budget 2017
IGEES prepares a number of papers to inform the Budgetary process each year. The papers below informed budget 2017:
Budgetary Impact of Changing Demographics 2017-2027
Spending Reviews in Ireland – Lessons for the Future
Budget 2015 and the 2014 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure
Multi-annual expenditure reviews are part of Ireland’s reformed budgetary process. A new Comprehensive Review of Expenditure was announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin in the 2014 Budget. The Review has been carried out and was published on 14 October 2014.
The Review informs expenditure allocations for the 2015 – 2017 period. IGEES members in Government Departments contributed to the work of the Review.
As part of the CRE process, a small number of evaluations/policy analysis papers were carried out by members of the Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Service (IGEES) in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. These papers can be found at the links below:
Future Expenditure Risks associated with Climate Change Climate Finance
The Cost of the Public Service
Expenditure Report 2013
Part III of the Expenditure Report 2013 comprised analytical papers prepared by the CEEU (now part of IGEES):
- Climate Change – Expenditure Impacts
- Primary and Post-Primary Education: 2015 – 2030 – Projected Expenditure Implications of Demographic Change
- Reducing Public Expenditure on Legal Services: Avoid, Minimise, Recover
2011 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure
The CEEU (now part of IGEES) completed the following series of thematic evaluations which fed into the 2011 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure and were published on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s website along with the submissions which were received from each Department:
- Enterprise Supports
- Labour Market Activation and Training
- Overview of ‘Legacy’ Expenditure Programmes and Policy Reforms including opportunities for rationalising State Agencies
- Publically-Funded Local Transport Schemes
- Rationalising Multiple Sources of Funding to Not-for-Profit Sector
- Social Housing Supports
Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure
The CEEU also assisted the Special Group on Public Service numbers and Expenditure which was established in late 2008 to examine the current expenditure programmes in each Government Department and to make recommendations for reducing public service numbers. The report of the Special Group is published on the Department of Finance’s website here.
The following cross-cutting analyses informed the work of the Group:
- Cross Cutting Issues – Activation Measures
- Cross Cutting Issues – Enterprise Supports
- Cross Cutting Issues – Regulators and Ombudsman Offices
- Cross Cutting Issues in Relation to Expenditure of Science, Technology and Innovation