Public finances

Follow Ireland’s public money

Understand Ireland’s public finances, follow spending, and see who is responsible. Every figure shows what period it covers, whether it is actual, allocated or forecast, and where it comes from.

Reported spending through September 2026

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These are cash figures from the Department of Finance’s monthly Fiscal Monitor. They are reported by period, not counted live: the numbers change when the Department publishes, not every second.

Gross voted expenditure, to end-September 2026
€83.45bn
€1.07bn below profile (1.3%)
Tax receipts, year to date
€78.91bn
Same period last year: €73.02bn
Exchequer surplus, year to date
€2.36bn
Same period last year: €1.42bn
Gross voted capital expenditure, year to date
€10.37bn
€1.08bn below profile (9.4%)

“Above profile” and “below profile” compare reported spending with the Department’s published monthly profile. Being below profile does not mean money was saved: it can also reflect timing or delayed delivery.

Spending by department

Explore spending

Gross voted expenditure reported to end-September 2026, with the published profile for the same period.

€21,714m
€20,632m
€10,030m
€6,709m
€5,054m
€4,323m

Covers 1 January 2026 to 30 September 2026 (year to date)Source: Fiscal Monitor September 2026, Department of Finance (p.18 3.4 Analysis of Net Voted Expenditure)Published 2 October 2026DáilDex last checked 9 Oct 2026, 00:26

Recent financial publications

Fiscal Monitor September 2026Release · Published 2 October 2026
CSO General Government Transactions (GFQ01): data to 2026Q1Release · Published 20 July 2026
Political party statements of accounts for 2025Accounts · Published 1 July 2026

Current committee scrutiny

Oireachtas committees examine the Government’s spending and accounts. Hearings come from the transcripts DáilDex already monitors.

Examines the Departments of Finance, Public Expenditure and the Taoiseach.
No hearings in the transcripts DáilDex monitors.
Examines the accounts of departments and public bodies after audit.
No hearings in the transcripts DáilDex monitors.
Examines budgetary and fiscal policy.
No hearings in the transcripts DáilDex monitors.
Examines infrastructure delivery and the National Development Plan.
No hearings in the transcripts DáilDex monitors.

Political party funding

Parties publish annual statements of accounts with the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO). DáilDex links to the originals and adds figures only after review.

10 parties have accounts listed in SIPO’s latest collection.

Who does what in Ireland’s financial system

Policy, administration, delivery, regulation, audit and scrutiny are different jobs, done by different bodies. Independent institutions keep their independence.

Advises the Minister for Finance on tax, the public finances and financial-services policy.
Sets the rules for public spending and leads public-service reform, infrastructure delivery and procurement policy.
Collects taxes and duties.
Borrows for the State and manages the national debt and State investment funds.
Leads central public procurement.
Hears appeals against tax decisions.
Independent
Central bank and financial regulator.
Independent
Independent assessor of the Government’s budgetary forecasts and fiscal rules.
Independent

Sources and coverage

Each source has its own cadence and limits. The sources page shows what is published, what is waiting for review, and what DáilDex does not cover.

Reported spending through September 2026

Gross voted expenditure, to end-September 2026

Tax receipts, year to date

Exchequer surplus, year to date

Gross voted capital expenditure, year to date