Where the savings will come from:
- €1.4bn from the public service bill through pension-related payments
- Reductions in travelling and subsistence rates
- €1bn next year by deferral of the national wage agreement payments
- €95m reduction in overseas development aid
- €80m through reduced professional fees
- €75m in cuts to the early childcare supplement from €1,100 to €1,000
- €140m through "general administrative efficiencies"
- €300m cut from 2009 budget exchequer capital allocations