The Department of Education could be particularly hard hit by a fall in its capital budget
Budget for 2010/11: Recurrent spending £1.9bn Capital spending £169m
Projections for the next four years: According to the budget, the department's recurrent spending will fall by about 3.5% by 2014/15.
However, capital spending, including the cash available for building new schools, will drop by 17%.
Both these figures are in cash terms, which means that inflation has not been taken into account.
Possible impact: In cash terms, education is the biggest loser of all executive departments with a projected shortfall of £300m over four years.
Schools waiting for new buildings are likely to be among the most disappointed by the education minister's budget plan, external.
Caitriona Ruane has said that in order to avoid large scale job losses, she is being forced to shift £41m from the capital budget - the money for infrastructure - to pay staff and services costs.
The money for building work was already due to be cut and this decision will double the shortfall for 2011/12.
Despite this decision, job losses are still expected and at least £10m has been set aside to pay for redundancies over the next two years.
Ms Ruane also plans to cut other costs such as the bills for substitute teachers and school transport as well as computer provision.
The cost of vetting checks for people applying for jobs with children will be shifted from the employer to the applicant.
