Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
2007-11-14 Daily Xml

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In reply to the Hon. R.I. LUCAS (26 September 2007).

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning): PIRSA received a copy of the minute in question from the Under Treasurer on 15 August 2007. The share of the budget adjustments associated with tranche 1 of the Future ICT arrangements allocated to PIRSA for 2007-08 is $746,000. These savings are ongoing and indexed in future years.

The agency did seek further clarification on the general basis of the calculations in order to verify that the figure is consistent with the methodology adopted by Treasury and Finance at estimates savings. PIRSA has not further disputed the savings figure allocated.