Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2013
530. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the performance against profile and estimate analysis is no longer provided in the monthly Exchequer statements under Appendix II - Analysis of Net Voted Expenditure for the current and capital spending of ministerial vote groups; if he will update the publications from January, February and March with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/13]
View answer531. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the performance against profile analysis is included in future monthly Exchequer statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17134/13]
View answer532. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the projected profile of estimates for capital and current spending on a monthly basis for each ministerial Vote group for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 530 to 532, inclusive, together.
Gross voted current and capital profiles were published on an aggregate basis with the end-February Exchequer figures at the beginning of March. Gross current expenditure was profiled at €12,899 million and gross capital expenditure at €437 million giving an overall gross aggregate profile of €13,336 million at end-March 2013. In aggregate terms, gross expenditure is very slightly above profile by €97 million. On the current side, the main reason for this was the timing of certain grant payments which arose in March but were profiled to happen in April.
These profiles were provisional and based on the allocations made to Departments at Budget time. The Revised Estimates Volume (REV) will be published tomorrow, 17th April. Revised profiles for all Ministerial Vote Groups based on the allocations set out in the Revised Estimates Volume will be published later this month.
