Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 June 2005
558 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of his Department’s budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of Finance at year’s end; the Vote head from which such returned allocations were derived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23983/05]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement in respect of the individual Votes within the Justice Group for 2004.
|
Vote |
Net Estimate Provision €000 |
Surplus to be Surrendered €000 |
Surplus to be Surrendered as a % of the Net Estimate Provision |
|
Justice, Equality & Law Reform |
339,098 |
5,812 |
1.71 |
|
Garda Síochána |
1,069,777 |
1,142 |
0.11 |
|
Prisons |
345,726* |
12,785 |
3.70 |
|
The Courts Service |
75,708 |
1,338 |
1.77 |
|
Land Registry and Registry of Deeds |
33,558 |
307 |
0.91 |
*The allocation of €345,726,000 included funding to settle the overtime issue in the Irish Prison Service but this was not required in 2004 since discussions with the Prison Officers Association continued into 2005.
The surpluses to be surrendered are subject to audit at present and were derived from a range of subheads across the individual Votes in the justice group. The composition of the surpluses will be published later this year following completion of the audit of the 2004 accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
559 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003; his estimate of the amount which his Department will spend on the implementation of the Official Languages Act 2003 for the full year in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/05]
View answerThe costs of implementing the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003 are met from my Department's administrative budget and cannot readily be distinguished from the cost of providing services generally. The provision in respect of 2005 is expected to be sufficient to meet any needs arising in the current year.
