Vol. 535 No. 1
268 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the total annual budget allocated to each Government Department in each of the past five years; the total budget figure for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/01]
The percentage of total net voted expenditure allocated to each Government Department in each of the past five years is set out in the following table:
|
Ministerial Vote Group |
1997% |
1998% |
1999% |
2000% |
2001% |
|
Taoiseach |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
|
Finance |
3.8 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
|
Public Enterprise |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
6.2 |
6.8 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
|
Environment and Local Government |
8.3 |
7.9 |
9.4 |
10.8 |
11.5 |
|
Education and Science |
19.4 |
19.6 |
19.1 |
19.5 |
18.0 |
|
Marine and Natural Resources |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
|
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
6.1 |
6.0 |
5.6 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
|
Defence |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
21.7 |
20.6 |
18.7 |
17.1 |
16.7 |
|
Health and Children |
21.7 |
22.4 |
22.7 |
22.3 |
23.0 |
|
Arts, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and the Islands |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
|
Total – Net Voted Expenditure |
11,809,979 |
12,846,643 |
14,425,068 |
16,264,711 |
19,653,504 |
