Details of actual expenditure in respect of the year 2000 will not be finalised until the end of the 2000 financial year.
An annual report in respect of the operation of the fund will be prepared by my officials not later than three months after the end of the financial year. Copies of this report will be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and published. A copy of the annual report is circulated to all members of each of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
In addition, the accounts of the fund are submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit within three months of the end of the financial year. Within one month of receipt by me of the report of the comptroller and Auditor General, an abstract of the audited accounts together with a copy of this report is laid before each of the Houses of the Oireachtas.