95 (1m) Budget Balance (Income − Expenditure) Answer: € 10 (1m) O.F Is the government budget for the year a deficit or surplus? Surplus (2m) O.F
(ii) Using the pie chart of National Budget Planned Expenditure, identify the sector the government plans to spend most money on next year. (4m)
Health
(iii) In the event of a surplus in the National Budget, advise the Minister for Finance what to do with the surplus money? (2m)
Repay some of the National Debt to reduce the cost of future repayments. Increase government spending on any government department to improve a service.
Use some of the surplus to improve public services e.g., build more hospitals and employ more doctors.
(iv) Identify one example of capital expenditure and one example of current expenditure for the Department of Education. (4m)
Capital expenditure: Building schools/colleges/buying school equipment, school chairs/ school tables.
Current expenditure: Paying teachers/staff/lecturers/SNA’s wages. 347 € Billions
€ Billions 105
STRAND 3 CHAPTER 30: Government revenue and government expenditure