Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Questions (66)

Dara Calleary

Question:

66. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the €8 million in capital underspend in his Department as outlined in the fiscal monitor for December 2017; if this is due to flood defence projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2489/18]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The capital underspend for 2017 for the PER Group with a capital allocation (D/PER, Office of Public Works, National Shared Services Office, Office of Government Procurement and Public Appointment Services) is due in the main to timing/scheduling issues in relation to the National Shared Services Office's implementation of the Financial Management Shared Services Project (€6-7m).

The allocation for flood defence projects was spent in full in 2017.