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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 June 2021

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Questions (125)

Gary Gannon

Question:

125. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds from the social housing budget returned unspent to the Exchequer from his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [32490/21]

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Written answers

My Department's Appropriation Accounts which are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General set out the full details of expenditure for the relevant years and can be found at https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/ by clicking on "Appropriation Accounts".

Summary details of the Allocations and Final outturn of expenditure for the years 2017-2020 are set out below:

Vote 34 - DHLGH

REV Allocation

Final Outturn

Deferred Surrender – capital carryover

Amount Surrendered to Exchequer

Amount related to Programme A - Housing

2020

€5,444m

€5,217m

€214m

€12.5m

€2.7m

2019

€3,937m

€3,897m

€33.5m

€6.5m

€0

2018

€3,331m

€3,317m

€0

€13m

€0

2017

€2,027m

€2,023m

€0

€4m

€0

Under Section 91 of the Finance Act, 2004, all or part of any unspent appropriations for capital supply services may be carried over for spending in the following year.

In 2019, unspent capital balances from the Urban Renewal & Regeneration Fund and the Land Development Agency amounting to €33.5m was carried over into 2020. The balance of €6.5m was surrendered to the Exchequer.

In 2020, as a result of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the construction sector there was a total surplus amounting to some €226.5m arising from unspent allocations in respect of the capital elements of Programmes A (Housing), B (Water), D (Planning) and F (Heritage) of which €214m was carried forward to 2021 while the remaining balance of €12.5m was surrendered to the Exchequer.

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