Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 September 2004
257 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas and headings in respect of which he and or his Department intend to spend moneys in the course of the remainder of the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23087/04]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, details of Departments' expenditure allocations for the current year are set out in the Revised Estimates Volume 2004 which was published earlier in the year. A gross total of €298 million has been allocated to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, across four programme expenditure areas, broadly as follows: Administration, € 17 million; An Ghaeilge agus an Gaeltacht, € 85 million; Community Affairs, €133 million; Rural Affairs, € 63 million.
Expenditure within these programme areas, which totalled €174.7 million at 24 September 2004, takes place across a wide range of schemes and projects, descriptions of which are available on the Department's website at www.pobail.ie.
I am confident that my Department will continue to ensure delivery of our objectives under An Agreed Programme for Government and that expenditure for the year will be in line with the allocated amount.
Meanwhile, it is the practice of both my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, and myself, to make details of all announcements relating to grant approvals and other expenditure related decisions under these programmes, available on the Department's website.
