Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2013
337. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the January Exchequer Statements did not list the Department expenditure profiles for January; if he will include these profiles in all future monthly exchequer statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7191/13]
View answer338. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide those Exchequer expenditure profile figures for current and capital spending by month for each Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7192/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 338 together.
The published monthly net expenditure profiles have allowed for the transparent monitoring of expenditure across all Departments for the last number of years.
The end-January Exchequer statement provided a year-on-year comparison of Departmental expenditure. The detailed Departmental profiles will be published with the final Revised Estimates Volume (REV). This has been the publication schedule for the past number of years to ensure that the detailed profiles are consistent with the final voted allocations in the REV. This year, for the first time, these detailed monthly profiles will be published on both a gross and net basis to allow for a better discussion of expenditure trends throughout the year.
In addition, as the Deputy may be aware, an alternative analytical presentation of the Exchequer Statement was introduced last year. My colleague the Minister for Finance expects to publish the profiles for each component of this alternative presentation shortly, which will include profiles for aggregate gross Departmental spending and Departmental receipts.
