Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

734 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which spending in the first nine months of 2002 compares to the budgeted profile for spending for each major programme of his Department's spending; and his forecast for year-end overruns. [17165/02]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. N. Dempsey):

Expenditure for the first nine months of 2002 compared to profiled expenditure for the education votes is as follows:

Vote	2002ProfiledExpenditure	2002ActualExpenditure
	€ million	€ million
Vote 26 – Office of the Minister for Education and Science	207	202
Vote 27 – First level Education	1,236	1,245
Vote 28 – Second level and Further Education	1,395	1,339
Vote 29 – Third level and Further Education	966	836
Total	3,804	3,622

Overall expenditure at end-September was slightly behind profile due to timing factors. Regarding the forecast end-year position, while there are pressures in certain areas of expenditure, I am keeping the situation under review and I am monitoring it closely.