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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 September 2021

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Questions (310)

Mairéad Farrell

Question:

310. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total underspend in terms of current and capital expenditure broken down by Department. [46524/21]

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Written answers

Regular reporting on spend against profile, on both a gross and net basis, is published each month in the Fiscal Monitor. This is available online at www.gov.ie/en/collection/c1b65-fiscal-monitors-2021/.

The table below outlines the end-August gross position for current and capital spending, including variances from profile, by each Ministerial Vote Group as published in the August Fiscal Monitor.

MINISTERIAL VOTE GROUP

End Aug Profile*

End Aug Outturn

Variance

Variance

€m

€m

€m

%

AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE

784

701

-83

-10.6%

Current

617

574

-43

-6.9%

Capital

167

127

-41

-24.3%

CHILDREN, EQUALITY, DISABILITY, INTEGRATION AND YOUTH

1,259

1,192

-67

-5.3%

Current

1,243

1,177

-66

-5.3%

Capital

17

16

-1

-6.9%

DEFENCE

655

626

-29

-4.4%

Current

602

581

-21

-3.4%

Capital

53

45

-8

-15.8%

EDUCATION

5,857

5,841

-17

-0.3%

Current

5,403

5,368

-35

-0.6%

Capital

455

473

18

4.0%

ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT

543

474

-68

-12.6%

Current

219

209

-10

-4.4%

Capital

324

265

-59

-18.2%

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND COMMUNICATIONS

303

216

-86

-28.5%

Current

96

85

-11

-11.7%

Capital

206

131

-75

-36.3%

FINANCE

358

339

-18

-5.1%

Current

344

329

-15

-4.3%

Capital

14

10

-3

-23.8%

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

559

559

0

0.0%

Current

553

556

3

0.5%

Capital

6

3

-3

-45.2%

FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE

2,178

2,025

-153

-7.0%

Current

1,898

1,815

-83

-4.4%

Capital

280

211

-70

-24.8%

HEALTH

14,075

13,343

-732

-5.2%

Current

13,568

12,912

-656

-4.8%

Capital

507

431

-76

-15.0%

HOUSING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HERITAGE

2,509

2,207

-302

-12.0%

Current

1,493

1,304

-189

-12.7%

Capital

1,015

902

-113

-11.2%

JUSTICE

1,947

1,879

-69

-3.5%

Current

1,802

1,771

-30

-1.7%

Capital

146

107

-38

-26.3%

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND REFORM

800

784

-17

-2.1%

Current

707

714

7

1.0%

Capital

94

70

-24

-25.4%

RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

174

156

-18

-10.2%

Current

125

114

-10

-8.2%

Capital

49

41

-7

-15.1%

SOCIAL PROTECTION

20,688

20,950

261

1.3%

Current

20,680

20,946

266

1.3%

Capital

8

4

-5

-57.5%

TAOISEACH'S

143

132

-11

-7.9%

Current

143

132

-11

-7.9%

Capital

-

-

-

-

TOURISM, CULTURE, ARTS, GAELTACHT, SPORT AND MEDIA

626

505

-121

-19.4%

Current

560

466

-94

-16.8%

Capital

66

39

-27

-40.9%

TRANSPORT

1,648

1,502

-146

-8.9%

Current

659

633

-26

-4.0%

Capital

990

870

-120

-12.1%

Total Gross Cumulative Voted Spending

55,106

53,430

-1,676

-3.0%

Current

50,709

49,685

-1,024

-2.0%

Capital

4,397

3,745

-652

-14.8%

* Profiles are based on Estimates voted by Dáil Éireann with an aggregate amount of €86,636m for the year.

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