Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2017

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Ceisteanna (799)

Eoin Ó Broin

Ceist:

799. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services and goods and or changes to costs within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32303/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

All funds made available to my Department through the budgetary and estimates processes for 2017 have been allocated to specific expenditure programmes as set out in Revised Estimates for Public Services 2017 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

While the need for, and objectives of, expenditure programmes are kept under regular review, there are at present no specific programmes being funded from my Department's Vote for 2017 that are due to cease operation in the short-term.  Similarly, it is not anticipated that significant programme resources will become available from within my Department's existing expenditure profile in 2018 through the impact of demand or cost factors.  Indeed, in relation to housing, additional funding requirements are recognised and provided for in the €5.35 billion of funding committed to under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness for the period to 2021.