Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 February 2013
371. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an analysis of the per capita spend by his Department on a regional basis with regard to current and capital spends in the area of transport . [7882/13]
View answerMy Department’s Vote 31 budget allocations and provisional outturns are published and available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My Department's gross provisional outturn for 2012 expenditure totalled €2.050m comprising current expenditure of €825m and capital expenditure of €1,225m.
I am not clear as to the information being sought by the Deputy in relation to regional information. It is not possible to set out across the entire range of expenditure where the funds are spent because that information is not maintained. A further issue is that much of the spending is channelled through the Department's agencies. A certain amount of information in relation to expenditure for example on regional and local roads can be set out on a county basis. A comparable break-down of all of the public transport subvention would not be possible. I would be happy to assist the Deputy further in response to a more specific request.
