I propose to take Questions Nos. 1580 and 1602 together.
Overall expenditure by my Department was €9,873 million at end of June 2017. This was €66.9 million or 0.7% below profile. Most of the underspend relates to jobseeker’s payments (€27.2m) due to better than expected labour market performance, Administration (18.2 m.) and €7.9m due to a delayed payment to a utility. The remainder of schemes, when taken together, have a small underspend which is marginal given the scale of overall expenditure on these schemes.
Looking at the projected outturn for the year, it is difficult to assess the full-year expenditure for the Department at this stage given that we are just half way through the year and, in particular, the demand led nature of most DSP schemes.