About

The Where Your Money Goes website is a graphical, easy-to-use tool for examining gross (Voted and Non-Voted) Government expenditure over a period of ten years. The data is presented in a variety of interactive charts, the elements of which may be clicked on to show a greater level of detail. The figures shown on this site represent the gross voted and non-voted expenditure from 2011 to 2023. Note that the 2021 to 2023 figures represent estimated expenditure rather than actual expenditure. The data on this website was last updated in September 2022.

Gross Voted Expenditure

The gross voted expenditure data reflected in the website detail all the gross spending by government departments and agencies, along with expenditure from the Social Insurance Fund and the National Training Fund. The underlying data is available on the PER Databank.

• The 2011 to 2020 data is sourced from the actual expenditure returns as shown in the annual Appropriation Accounts.
• The 2020 data is sourced from the Appropriation Account for 2020.
• The 2021 data is sourced from the Provisional Outturn for 2021.
• The 2022 data is sourced from the REV Estimates for 2022.
• The 2023 data is sourced from the Budget Estimates for 2023.

Non-Voted Expenditure

Non-voted expenditure comes directly from the central fund and includes items such as debt-servicing costs, EU Budget contributions, costs of the Houses of the Oirceachtas and the salaries of the judiciary etc.

• The 2011 to 2016 data is sourced from the annual Finance Accounts.
• The 2018 data is sourced from the December 2018 Exchequer Statement.
• The 2019 to 2022 data is based on the latest Provisional Outturn provided by the Department of Finance
• The 2023 data is based on the latest Budget 2023 estimates provided by the Department of Finance

Features

Features of the website are:

• Analysis of Government expenditure and estimated expenditure on a yearly basis.
• Dedicated summaries for the main categories of expenditure (Social Protection, Health, Education etc.).
• A high-level summary of expenditure related to servicing the national debt, EU contributions etc.
• Interactive charts with drill-down capabilities.
• Trend analysis of expenditure over the last ten years.