Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
308. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in a tabular form the expected carryover of current expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30156/14]
View answer309. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the expected carryover of capital expenditure savings from 2014 into the next year. [30171/14]
View answer310. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the expected unspent current expenditure from 2014 into the next year. [30203/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 308 to 310, inclusive, together.
As the Deputy is aware, the Government will be publishing its Budget and Estimates in October, based on the up-to-date economic and fiscal outlook at that time. It will set out the Estimates and all pay and non-pay measures as decided by Government for 2015 and the expenditure ceilings for the period to 2017.
With regard to expenditure savings in 2014, it is still too early in the year to estimate the amount of savings, if any, Departments will be able to achieve over and above the targets set out in the Expenditure Report 2014. It is therefore not possible to say if there will be any expenditure carryover from 2014 into 2015 at this time.
It should be noted that Departmental spending remains broadly in line with profile with gross voted expenditure to the end of June totalling €25.951 million.
