Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 September 2013
66. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department up to the end of August 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40321/13]
View answerMonthly profiles for expenditure and receipts are in place in my Department. Performance against profile is reported regularly to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and published by the Department of Finance as part of the Monthly Exchequer Statement. The Monthly Exchequer Statement for August has been published on the website of the Department of Finance. In some areas, expenditure and receipts are evenly distributed throughout the year. In other areas, there are considerable variations that are foreseeable. The profiles as far as possible take account of known variations. At the end of August, my Department had spent €418m out of a total net voted allocation for 2013 of €670m. This represents 62% of the net annual allocation. It is expected that the year-end out-turn will be close to or within the overall net voted amount. At the end of August, receipts classed as Appropriations-in-Aid were ahead of profile, largely due to increased passport fee receipts.
