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Departmental Budget.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2005

Tuesday, 21 June 2005

Ceisteanna (222)

Michael Lowry

Ceist:

177 Mr. Lowry asked the Taoiseach the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 1997; the total Departmental budget for each year since 1997; the projects for which this money was originally earmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20594/05]

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The information the Deputy has requested is published every year in the appropriation account, which forms part of the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The detailed breakdown of the savings each year, together with an explanation of the variation from the Estimate provision is contained in Note 5 of the appropriation account.

The following table gives details for each year from 1997 to 2004. In general, savings that occur across the administrative subheads, A1 to A7, are not linked to specific projects. In many instances, they represent savings on administrative costs or a contingency against the possibility of legal costs being awarded in a particular year by a tribunal of inquiry.

The Department is able to carry forward savings within the administrative subheads under the terms of the administrative budget agreement.

Total Estimate

Savings

Details of Savings

£

£

(’000)

£

1997

14,859,000

18,867,038

2,112,053

2,681,754

223

Subhead A1 — Salaries, Wages & Allowances

42

Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence

121

Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses

164

Subhead D1 — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

11

Subhead E — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

18

Subhead I — EU Presidency

1,474

Subhead L — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

96

Subhead M — Information Society Commission

76

Subhead N — National Partnership Centre

5

Subhead T — All Party Committee on SMI

£

1998

20,301,000

25,776,953

3,666,507

4,655,504

43

Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence

56

Subhead A4 — Postal & Telecommunications Services

37

Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses

192

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

766

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

78

Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

80

Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution

159

Subhead H — National Partnership Centre

123

Subhead I — National Economic & Social Forum

1,383

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

472

Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal

36

Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI

865

Subhead O — Northern Ireland Agreements

1999

32,233,000

40,927,467

12,335,755

15,663,178

113

Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence

277

Subhead A5 — Office Machinery and other Office Supplies

87

Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses

353

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

86

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

80

Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

148

Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives

26

Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution

29

Subhead G — Information Society Commission

50

Subhead I — National Economic & Social Forum

2,965

Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal

29

Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI

8,095

Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations

2000

85,294,000

108,301,040

27,946,229

35,484,391

317

Subhead A5 — Office Machinery and other Office Supplies

281

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

238

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

80

Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

55

Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives

59

Subhead G — Information Society Commission

245

Subhead H — National Partnership Centre

897

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

6,290

Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal

43

Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI

10,212

Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations

15

Subhead O — Independent Commission of Inquiry

1,777

Subhead P — Multi Media Developments

7,503

Subhead Q — Sports Campus Ireland

2001

28,472,000

36,151,983

4,916,232

6,242,327

355

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

138

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

324

Subhead G1 — Information Society Commission

180

Subhead G2 — Information Society Awareness

107

Subhead H — National Centre for Partnership and Performance

200

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

965

Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal

2,081

Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations

62

Subhead O — Independent Commission of Inquiry

64

Subhead R — National Economic & Social Development Office

2002

35,949,000

7,546,428

135

Subhead A4 — Postal & Telecommunications Services

180

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

807

Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives

19

Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

129

Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution

202

Subhead G — Information Society Commission

1,261

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

3,551

Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal

624

Subhead L — Millennium Celebrations

74

Subhead M — Independent Commission of Inquiry

2003

25,808,000

1,153,394

280

Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses

99

Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services

400

Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives

28

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

11

Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives

64

Subhead G — Information Society Commission

251

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

223

Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal

158

Subhead M — National Economic and Social Development Office

2004*

37,585,000

8,760,730

351

Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses

228

Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives

127

Subhead A9 — EU Presidency

1

Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988

50

Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation

215

Subhead G — Information Society Commission

250

Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments)

6,714

Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal

209

Subhead N — National Forum on Europe

*The figures for 2004 are provisional pending completion of the audit of the appropriation account by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Note: The total for the savings under each subhead in a year will not add up to the same total as the overall savings figure. This is because details of savings under certain % thresholds are not recorded in the appropriation account and also because there may be small overruns on other subheads which will reduce the overall figure.

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