2187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on or before the deadline of 17 July 2026, (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60671/26]

My Department has been advised by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation that a levy of €39 million will apply to current expenditure in the Justice Vote Group in 2027 and that the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Group pay is being protected in the distribution of the levy. The levy of €39 million equates to 0.7% of my Vote Groups current gross expenditure allocation of €5.948 billion for 2026.