307. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport 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. [60678/26]

My Department has been advised of a levy of 1.4% approximately for 2027 against current expenditure with the exception of pensions as the distribution of the levy has been designed to protect pension funding across all votes. The monetary value of the levy is €18m.