31. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the 'levy' on her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [60664/26]

The Expenditure Levy in question is to be applied to the gross current budget for the two Votes managed by this Departments (Votes 27 and 28) based on 2026 allocations with a decrease of 1.37% overall or a total of €18 million being sought. It is intended that this be applied to this Department's 2027 budget allocation.