Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 April 2013

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Questions (171)

Sean Fleming

Question:

171. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/13]

Written answers

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

As the Deputy will be aware, my Department's provision for capital expenditure in 2012 was €43m. Capital expenditure to year-end totalled circa €41.6m and an amount of €1.2m in capital funding was carried over into 2013 in accordance with the procedures governing unspent capital. The remainder of my Department's unspent capital allocation, just over €200,000 or less than half of one per cent of the capital allocation, was surrendered to the exchequer at year-end. No funding was transferred from capital to current during the year.