When the 1998 AEV was being published in November 1997 I decided that the summary tables should include information on the forecast outturn for 1997. I regarded this as a useful innovation which would enable the proposed allocations for 1998 to be compared with expected expenditure in 1997. I continued this practice in each of the subsequent three years. However, I decided it would not be appropriate to adopt the same approach this year because I had not had the opportunity when the 2002 AEV was being finalised to deal with the emerging pressures for additional spending across a number of Votes. Instead I adopted the practice, which had been in operation prior to 1997, of including the 2001 Estimate figure as approved by Dáil Éireann.
As the Deputy will be aware, the White Paper on Receipts and Expenditure is published by my Department on the weekend before the budget. The White Paper will be published at the usual time again this year and will, as usual, include the forecast outturn of expenditure for 2001, the pre-budget estimated expenditure in 2002, both voted and non-voted, and Estimates of receipts from taxation in 2002 at pre-budget.
The following table shows the forecast 2001 outturn figures for current and capital expenditure by Vote. These figures reflect the intention to seek Dáil approval for Supplementary Estimates on a number of Votes. The figures may of course be subject to slight revision in light of emerging spending trends.
The total forecast outturn for net voted current expenditure in 2001 is 20,653,734. The total forecast outturn for net voted capital expenditure is 4,947,276. A breakdown of the forecast outturn for 2001 by subhead is not available at this stage in the year. This information will be provided, as usual, in the 2002 Revised Estimates for Public Services which will be published in the spring.
VoteNo.
|
Service
|
2001 Forecast OutturnNet Voted Current000s
|
2001 Forecast OutturnNet Voted Capital000s
|
1
|
President's Establishment
|
1,887
|
|
2
|
Houses of the Oireachtas and European Parliament
|
64,359
|
|
3
|
Department of the Taoiseach
|
21,803
|
6,000
|
4
|
Ordnance Survey Ireland
|
3,441
|
1,946
|
5
|
Central Statistics Office
|
42,568
|
2,532
|
6
|
Office of the Minister for Finance
|
85,779
|
11,753
|
7
|
Superannuation and Retired Allowance
|
164,002
|
16,966
|
8
|
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
|
5,087
|
|
9
|
Office of the Revenue Commissioners
|
254,224
|
|
10
|
Office of Public Works
|
133,296
|
250,132
|
11
|
State Laboratory
|
5,382
|
|
12
|
Secret Service
|
420
|
|
13
|
Office of the Attorney General
|
10,684
|
|
14
|
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
|
16,340
|
|
15
|
Valuation Office
|
6,220
|
|
16
|
Civil Service Commission
|
11,344
|
|
17
|
Office of the Ombudsman
|
4,108
|
|
18
|
Chief State Solicitor's Office
|
25,437
|
|
19
|
Office of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
|
160,898
|
14,363
|
20
|
Garda Síochána
|
898,000
|
24,530
|
21
|
Prisons
|
260,000
|
41,120
|
22
|
Courts
|
53,775
|
26,461
|
23
|
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds
|
27,435
|
899
|
24
|
Charitable Donations and Bequests
|
390
|
|
25
|
Environment and Local Government
|
716,478
|
2,419,419
|
26
|
Office of the Minister for Education and Science
|
233,917
|
39,363
|
27
|
First Level Education
|
1,298,472
|
150,451
|
28
|
Second Level and Further Education
|
1,516,504
|
177,954
|
29
|
Third Level and Further Education
|
1,104,592
|
194,836
|
30
|
Marine and Natural Resources
|
95,461
|
122,442
|
VoteNo.
|
Service
|
2001 Forecast OutturnNet Voted Current000s
|
2001 Forecast OutturnNet Voted Capital000s
|
31
|
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
|
982,491
|
107,618
|
32
|
Public Enterprise
|
297,225
|
439,300
|
33
|
Health and Children
|
5,619,064
|
373,621
|
34
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment
|
846,576
|
226,782
|
35
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation
|
183,211
|
92,046
|
36
|
Defence
|
697,194
|
54,840
|
37
|
Army Pensions
|
124,207
|
|
38
|
Foreign Affairs
|
135,745
|
3,928
|
39
|
International Co-operation
|
239,411
|
|
40
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs
|
4,099,626
|
9,080
|
41
|
An Comhairle Ealaíon
|
43,068
|
5,079
|
42
|
An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gaeltacht agus Oileán
|
157,399
|
122,855
|
43
|
National Gallery
|
6,215
|
9,142
|
44
|
Flood Relief
|
|
1,818
|
|
Total
|
20,653,734
|
4,947,276
|
Mr. J. Mitchell: Will the Minister explain why he left this column out of this year's Estimates? Was he not trying to hide something? Was he not admitting in the other sentence he used, about ongoing pressures for additional expenditure, that the Book of Estimates he published was not the real Book of Estimates?