Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
1887. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will seek a supplementary estimate for Science Foundation Ireland for 2016, as occurred with the €5 million for capital in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25990/16]
View answerThe Deputy should appreciate that there are still over 3 months remaining in the financial year. Consideration as to whether a Supplementary Estimate is required across any aspect of my Department’s Vote is premature as any such consideration would fall closer to year end.
In terms of process, if any additional monies were required across any Subhead of the Department’s Vote, including Science Foundation Ireland, by year end 2016, my Department would be required to engage with officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the matter. Such an engagement would explore the possibility of finding solutions from within the Department’s existing 2016 Estimate allocation and from the sanctioned own resource income limit of the enterprise agencies.
If no such funding solution could be identified from within the Department’s overall financial envelope then the provision of any additional Exchequer monies would require, in the first instance, the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. It would then have to be brought to Government for approval. It would then have to be approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas.
