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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Fiscal Policy.

Paul McGrath

Ceist:

417 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the current and capital expenditure in each of the years 1997 to 2001; if he will compare these figures to the budget estimates for those years; the percentage increase in expenditure from year to year; and the comparable figures for 2002 to date. [16335/02]

The following table shows net voted current and net voted capital spending for the period 1997 to 2002 and comparable budget estimates for those years:

Table 1

Net voted expenditure 1997-2002

Year

Net votedexpenditure

Budget Estimate

Actual Outturn*

Difference

% increaseyear-on-year

€m

€m

€m

1997

Current

12,896

13,123

227

Capital

1,851

1,873

22

Total

14,747

14,996

249

1998

Current

13,973

13,875

98

5.7

Capital

2,469

2,437

32

30.1

Total

16,442

16,312

130

8.8

1999

Current

15,255

15,338

83

10.5

Capital

2,787

2,991

204

22.7

Total

18,042

18,329

287

12.4

2000

Current

16,428

16,790

362

9.5

Capital

3,879

3,861

18

29.0

Total

20,307

20,651

344

12.7

2001

Current

19,956

20,459

503

21.9

Capital

5,006

4,895

111

26.8

Total

24,962

25,354

392

22.8

2002

Current

23,430

23,379

51

14.3

Capital

5,526

5,616

90

14.7

Total

28,956

28,995

39

14.4

*2002 figures per the Revised Estimates published in February, 2002.
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