The Government has published its Mid-Year Expenditure Report which sets out increased expenditure of 6% for 2022 and 6.5% for next year.
The report follows on from the Summer Economic Statement, published earlier this month, and details the State's expenditure position ahead of the budget estimates process.
The overall parameters for Budget 2023 provide for a total package of €6.7bn, with just over €1bn for tax measures and almost €5.7bn for expenditure measures over 2022 and 2023.
Today's Mid-Year Expenditure Report includes details of temporary measures introduced this year to deal with challenges such as the continued response to Covid-19; the implementation of cost-of-living measures; and the provision of humanitarian supports to people arriving from Ukraine.
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said that the 6.5% increase in core expenditure for 2023 must accommodate a range of priorities and means, ensuring that spending delivers sustainable improvements in public services and infrastructure.
"The Government is acutely aware of the cost-of-living pressures facing households at the present time," said the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath.
"Budget 2023 will complement the measures already introduced and focus on further cost-of-living supports with a core expenditure package of €5.7bn, €400m of which will be allocated in 2022 for the early implementation of new measures," he added.
