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Effective Public Spending Strategies for Financial Sustainability

Explore the challenges and solutions in managing public spending effectively to ensure financial sustainability. Learn about planned fiscal consolidation, structural spending issues, and recommended strategies for improved outcomes and accountability.

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Effective Public Spending Strategies for Financial Sustainability

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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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