Departmental Budgets

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Questions (117)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

117. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37665/14]

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The Taoiseach

The table below details the total allocated budget for my Department from 2011 to 2014 and the actual outturns in each subhead.

	Vote 2 - DOT	2011 Budget Allocation	2011 Outturn	2012 Budget Allocation	2012 Outturn	2013 Budget Allocation	2013 Outturn	2014 Budget Allocation	Outturn to end Sept 2014
A	Subheads - Administrative	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000	€'000
(i)	Salaries	12,499	11,307	12,100	11,266	11,122	11,323	11,422	8,586
(ii)	Travel and Subsistence	275	227	325	333	390	350	385	283
(iii)	Incidental Expenses	1,517	1,360	783	664	775	427	1,072	374
(iv)	Postal and Telecommunications Services	370	310	360	355	360	329	360	219
(v)	Office Machinery and Other Office Supplies	900	792	971	695	960	658	960	424
(vi)	Office Premises Expenses	430	470	410	390	264	328	264	209
(vii)	Consultancy Services	50	13	20	1	18	0	18	4
	EU Presidency			2,200	1,351	2,485	2,030
	Programme Subheads
A3	NESDO	2,325	2,280	2,220	2,027	2,012	1,950	1,990	1,683
	Commemoration Initiatives	85	76
A4	Tribunal of Inquiry (Payments to Messrs CJ Haughey and M Lowry)	3,500	1,601	650	1,593	1,612	2,513	1,460	3,575
A5	Constitutional Convention			300	216	920	824	920	313
	Referendum on EU Fiscal Stability Treaty			4,200	3,471
	Referendum on the abolition of the Seanad					2,100	1,193
A6	EU Engagement							250	118
A7	Irish Personnel in EU and International Institutions							1,200	138
A8	Commission of Investigation							2,000	284
	Sub total	21,951	18,436	24,539	22,362	23,018	21,925	22,301	16,210
	Less A-in A	-912	-837	-912	-881	-870	-960	-878	-706
	Total	21,039	17,599	23,627	21,481	22,148	20,965	21,423	15,504