Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 July 2023
54. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the miscellaneous expenses (subhead A.22) estimated to be incurred by his Department to date in 2023. [34416/23]
View answerOverall expenditure on Subhead A.22 (Miscellaneous Expenditure) of the Defence Vote in the year to date amounts to over €2.83 million. A further breakdown of this expenditure is outlined in the table below.
Subhead A.22 (Miscellaneous Expenses) – 2023 Outturn (at 30/06/2023)
|
Subhead |
Subhead A.22 Miscellaneous Expenditure |
Expenditure to 30/06/2023 |
|
A.22.1 |
Expenditure on International Meetings, Ceremonies, etc |
163,609 |
|
A.22.2 |
Advertisements |
901,274 |
|
A.22.3 |
Subvention for Defence Forces Canteen Board |
- |
|
A.22.4 |
Grants for Representative Associations. |
90,290 |
|
A.22.5 |
Books, periodicals, manuals, etc. |
235,113 |
|
A.22.6 |
Other General Expenses |
771,287 |
|
A.22.7 |
Military Service Pensions Archive |
212,888 |
|
A.22.8 |
Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces |
200,531 |
|
A.22.9 |
Grants to Veteran’s Associations |
- |
|
A.22.10 |
National Emergency Co-Ordination Centre |
258,297 |
|
Totals |
2,833,289 |
Current projections are that the subhead provision for 2023 will be fully expended by year-end. My Department monitors all subhead expenditure trends internally on an ongoing basis and also provide monthly expenditure reports to the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery & Reform to facilitate further external review and analysis.
