Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2010
185 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of unspent money returned by her Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the Departmental budget for each year since 2007; the projects for which this money was originally earmarked in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21784/10]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tables. In 2007, €55.9m was surrendered to the Department of Finance, €35.7m was surrendered in 2008 and €71.3m in 2009. In areas such as statutory enquiries, legal fees and compensation payments it is very difficult in any year to accurately estimate the level of payments which may fall to be made, therefore, if the allocated amount remains unspent at the end of the year it is surrendered to the Exchequer. Savings on allocations to health agencies have been achieved through efficiency measures and tight financial control. Savings on my Department's Administrative Budget have been achieved through the non-filling of vacant posts and other efficiency measures.
|
2007 Allocation |
2007 Actual |
Variance |
|
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
V39 — Department Of Health And Children (Net) |
480,472,000 |
424,563,643 |
55,908,357 |
|
V39 — Gross |
480,852,000 |
432,999,564 |
47,852,436 |
|
Administration |
51,921,000 |
47,803,254 |
4,117,746 |
|
Health Agencies |
264,093,000 |
258,141,904 |
5,951,096 |
|
Statutory & Non Statutory Inquiries & Legal Fees |
19,458,000 |
11,953,261 |
7,504,739 |
|
Compensation Payments (Inc. Hep C) |
75,986,000 |
64,245,500 |
11,740,500 |
|
Others |
8,839,000 |
7,541,230 |
1,297,770 |
|
State Claims Agency |
17,555,000 |
10,925,393 |
6,629,607 |
|
Capital |
43,000,000 |
32,389,021 |
10,610,979 |
|
V39 — Appropriations In Aid |
380,000 |
8,435,921 |
-8,055,921 |
|
D — Appropriations In Aid |
380,000 |
8,435,921 |
-8,055,921 |
|
2008 Allocation |
2008 Actual |
Variance |
|
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
V39 — Department Of Health And Children (Net) |
533,382,000 |
497,675,703 |
35,706,297 |
|
V39 — Gross |
533,383,000 |
501,689,772 |
31,693,228 |
|
Administration |
46,880,000 |
40,116,552 |
6,763,448 |
|
Health Agencies |
304,904,000 |
292,815,962 |
12,088,038 |
|
Statutory & Non Statutory Inquiries & Legal Fees |
47,294,000 |
20,053,807 |
27,240,193 |
|
Compensation Payments (Inc. Hep C) |
76,031,000 |
76,012,949 |
18,051 |
|
Others |
9,173,000 |
7,699,143 |
1,473,857 |
|
State Claims Agency |
25,000,000 |
42,608,076 |
-17,608,076 |
|
Capital |
24,100,000 |
22,383,283 |
1,716,717 |
|
V39 — Appropriations In Aid |
1,000 |
4,014,069 |
-4,013,069 |
|
D — Appropriations In Aid |
1,000 |
4,014,069 |
-4,013,069 |
|
2009 Allocation |
2009 Actual |
Variance |
|
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
V39 — Department Of Health And Children (Net) |
491,174,000 |
419,836,114 |
71,337,886 |
|
V39 – Gross |
495,490,000 |
425,436,507 |
70,053,493 |
|
Administration |
43,129,000 |
37,499,828 |
5,629,172 |
|
Health Agencies |
290,742,000 |
269,504,253 |
21,237,747 |
|
Statutory & Non Statutory Inquiries & Legal Fees |
32,074,000 |
13,000,119 |
19,073,881 |
|
Compensation Payments (Inc. Hep C) |
76,031,000 |
54,574,175 |
21,456,825 |
|
Others |
8,514,000 |
7,580,426 |
933,574 |
|
State Claims Agency |
30,000,000 |
29,979,194 |
20,806 |
|
Capital |
15,000,000 |
13,298,512 |
1,701,489 |
|
V39 — Appropriations In Aid |
4,316,000 |
5,600,393 |
-1,284,393 |
|
D — Appropriations In Aid |
4,316,000 |
5,600,393 |
-1,284,393 |
