Vol. 554 No. 5
1582 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the way in which spending in the first nine months of 2002 compares to the budgeted profile for spending for each major programme of his Department's spending; and his forecast for year-end overruns. [17171/02]
The 2002 spend in respect of my Department as it is now constituted is broadly consistent with the relevant profiles of expenditure which were drawn up in accordance with the provisions set out in the 2002 Revised Estimates for Public Services. An excess of some €50 million for recoupment to local authorities in respect of accommodation for homeless persons, including asylum seekers, will be offset by savings in a range of other programmes. These programmes are likely to include regeneration of local authority housing areas, non-national roads, waste management and urban renewal grants where, for various reasons, it would not be possible or prudent to expend the relevant estimates provision in full.
