Main points
€3.8bn fiscal adjustment needed in 2012
€2.2bn of adjustment from spending
€1.4bn in day-to-day spending cuts
€20m earmarked for new Labour Market Activation Fund
€400m saving in public service pay bill
Public service staff down by 6,000
Public service pay bill to fall by €400 million in 2012
Social
Weekly social welfare payments unchanged
Child benefit for first and second child to remain unchanged.
Changes to the one-parent family payment will save €20.7m
Cut of six weeks in the cold weather allowance.
Jobseekers' benefit to be based on five day week.
Changes to the redundancy and insolvency scheme will reduce the employer rebate from 60% to 15%.
Back to School Clothing Allowance abolished for 2/3 year olds
Health
Extra charges on private treatment in public hospitals
€543m in net savings in the health area
Drug Payment Scheme monthly threshold up from €120 to €132
New measures will reduce the price of drugs
2% cut in disability, mental health and children's services, saving €50 million
Staff ceiling of 103,800 employees to apply to the HSE in 2012
Education
€132.3 million savings in education
2% cut in Higher Education funding - €7m saving
Increase of €250 in the third level student contribution
Changes to fee and maintenance supports for new post-graduate students
Education expenditure will comprise 17% of all current expenditure next year.
€19.2m in cuts to trainee and apprenticeship schemes
Primary school transport charge to be doubled to €100
Reform
Reduced allowances and secretarial supports for former Taoisigh
Reformed Ministerial transport arrangements
Number of Oireachtas Committees reduced
Savings of €105m in Dept of Agriculture, Marine, Food
Savings of €45m in Dept of Transport, Tourism, Sport
Savings of €34m in Environment, Community, Local Govt
€20m to be allocated for new Labour Market Activation Fund
€52.9m cut in Overseas Development Aid
€79m cut in spending on An Garda Síochána
Number of Oireachtas Committees reduced