The Department of Foreign Affairs has responsibility for two Votes, Vote 28 on foreign affairs and Vote 29 on international co-operation. The 2004 allocation for Vote 28 was €163,240,000. The Department did not return any of this allocation to the Department of Finance at year's end. Under the terms of the Administrative Budget Agreement 2002-2004, the Department of Finance approved a carry forward of savings of €6,519,000 from the 2004 administrative budget subheads to the Department's 2005 budgetary allocation for Vote 28. The 2004 budgetary allocation for Vote 29 was €400,030,000. Outturn for the period amounted to €397,541,000 resulting in an underspend of €2,489,000. Under the terms of the Administrative Budget Agreement 2002-2004, an amount of €789,000 was carried forward to 2005. The net amount surrendered to the Exchequer was €1,700,000 broken down as follows.
Subhead Title-Description
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Amount € million
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A1-A7 — Administrative subheads
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1.392
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C — Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
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0.470
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D — Payment to International Funds for the benefit of Developing Countries
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0.005
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F — Appropriations-in-Aid
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0.256
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Totals
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1.700
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