Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 June 2021
132. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a disparity in funding allocations across several Departments between areas in Cork city; and his plans to address this. [32468/21]
View answerAs part of the budgetary process each year, my Department sets overall expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group. These are laid out at Budget time in the Expenditure Report with further detail then provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services. Following allocation of each Ministerial Expenditure Ceiling, it is a matter for each Minister to assign funding as appropriate at programme and subhead level for their Departments and the agencies under their remit taking into account the demands for services in different areas and regions, having regard to demographics and other relevant factors.
