Vol. 553 No. 5
132 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the details and his views on the percentage of budget spent in each Government Department in the period from 1 January 2002 to 30 April 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14449/02]
The percentage of budget spent by each ministerial Vote group for the period 1 January to end April 2002 is set out below in Table 1.
At end April, 29.5% of the total allocation provided in the Revised Estimates was spent. This is lower than the expected 33% if spending is spread evenly throughout the year.
Table 1Percentage of current and capital budget spent to end-April 2002
|
Ministerial Vote Group(net voted total spending)* |
Spending to April 2002**€000 |
REV 2002***€000 |
Per cent spent% |
|
Taoiseach |
44,172 |
155,322 |
28.4 |
|
Finance |
278,011 |
1,098,040 |
25.3 |
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
497,887 |
1,582,648 |
31.5 |
|
Environment and Local Government |
798,728 |
3,423,713 |
23.3 |
|
Education and Science |
1,645,232 |
5,194,368 |
31.7 |
|
Marine and Natural Resources |
66,295 |
248,825 |
26.6 |
|
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development |
283,000 |
944,523 |
30.0 |
|
Public Enterprise |
142,948 |
829,403 |
17.2 |
|
Health and Children |
2,401,000 |
6,991,861 |
34.3 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
338,259 |
1,128,868 |
30.0 |
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
115,229 |
306,630 |
37.6 |
|
Ministerial Vote Group(net voted total spending)* |
Spending to April 2002**€000 |
REV 2002***€000 |
Per cent spent% |
|
Defence |
249,020 |
890,160 |
28.0 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
164,714 |
544,105 |
30.3 |
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
1,390,111 |
5,129,878 |
27.1 |
|
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
104,092 |
376,059 |
27.7 |
|
Total |
8,518,698 |
28,844,853 |
29.5 |
