Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020
1120. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there was budgetary underspending by her Department specifically on early years in the four years prior to 2016; and if so, the amount in each year. [5009/20]
View answerIncluded below for the Deputy’s information as requested.
In relation to the expenditure incurred by my Department in each of the years 2012 to 2015, set out in the first table is my Department’s gross allocation and outturn for the years in question:
|
Gross €,000 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Allocation |
426,980 |
439,106 |
999,730 |
1,040,023 |
|
Outturn |
422,366 |
407,160 |
999,145 |
1,029,373 |
|
Annual Variance |
- 4,614 |
- 31,946 |
- 585 |
- 10,650 |
I note the Deputy’s particular interest in the area of early years services, the allocation towards early years services in the years 2012 to 2015 and outturn is set out in the table below:
|
ELC and SAC €,000 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Allocation |
256,798 |
260,598 |
263,629 |
264,892 |
|
Outturn |
261,625 |
250,451 |
252,798 |
261,261 |
|
Annual Variance |
4,827 |
- 10,147 |
- 10,831 |
- 3,631 |
