Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 October 2006
228 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish his Department’s monthly report to him on financial expenditure and the bimonthly report to the Government since January 2006; if his Department is meeting its financial and other targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30984/06]
View answerMy Department provides regular expenditure reports to the Department of Finance, including financial tables, that are used by that Department in the publication of monthly Exchequer statements on aggregate levels of receipts and expenditure. The Exchequer Statement for the period ended 30 September 2006, was published on 3 October. In addition, in accordance with the Public Service Management Act 1997, my Department's Statement of Strategy and its Annual Reports, which report progress on the implementation of the objectives set out in the Statement of Strategy, are published. The Annual Reports include summary financial accounts outlining the financial transactions of my Department for the year in question. Having regard to this, I do not propose to publish reports on ongoing financial activity levels relating to the range of programmes operated by my Department.
