Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
1295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure. [47085/13]
View answerAs set out in the Estimates Volume published in October, my Department's gross allocation for 2014 is €1.58 billion. This funding is broken down by programme as follows:
|
- |
2014 Estimate |
Current |
Capital |
Total |
|
- |
PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
|
A - |
CIVIL AVIATION |
24,934 |
3,071 |
28,005 |
|
B - |
LAND TRANSPORT |
423,265 |
846,585 |
1,269,850 |
|
C - |
MARITIME TRANSPORT AND SAFETY |
85,116 |
7,580 |
92,696 |
|
D - |
SPORTS AND RECREATION SERVICES |
44,230 |
24,743 |
68,973 |
|
E - |
TOURISM SERVICES |
106,651 |
17,021 |
123,672 |
|
- |
Gross Total :- |
684,196 |
899,000 |
1,583,196 |
|
- |
2014 Estimate |
Current |
Capital |
Total |
Change: 2014 over 2013 |
|
- |
PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
% |
|
A |
CIVIL AVIATION |
24,934 |
3,071 |
28,005 |
-7% |
|
B |
LAND TRANSPORT |
423,265 |
846,585 |
1,269,850 |
-3% |
|
C |
MARITIME TRANSPORT AND SAFETY |
85,116 |
7,580 |
92,696 |
-9% |
|
D |
SPORTS AND RECREATION SERVICES |
44,230 |
24,743 |
68,973 |
-8% |
|
E |
TOURISM SERVICES |
106,651 |
17,021 |
123,672 |
-11% |
|
Gross Total :- |
684,196 |
899,000 |
1,583,196 |
-5% |
In addition, I am happy to report that the 2014 Stimulus Plan announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in his Budget speech will benefit my Department's capital envelope by in the order of €90m. The precise amount and distribution of this funding will depend on the level of funding available from the proceeds of the sale of the Lottery license. The main beneficiaries will include the local and regional roads mainteance, the Wild Atlantic Way tourism route, the National Sports Campus and the Sports Capital Programme.
On the current expenditure side, my Department's Vote has been reduced by €75m on 2013. This is in line with commitments made under the Comprehensive Expenditure Review. The distribution of these cuts is set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Expenditure Report 2014. A more detailed distribution of the funding, including the additional Stimulus funding, will be agreed and published in the Revised Estimates due in December.
