Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No underspend is anticipated. The funding that was in the Leader programme has all gone back into rural Ireland and any funding we anticipated was not going to be spent there was put into programmes such as the REDZ schemes, town and village regeneration and CLÁR. Expenditure is closely monitored and will continue to be as we head towards the end of the year. There are a number of weeks to go and spending continues.

On the programme side, I expect to spend all the current and the capital, apart from the capital carryover which is limited to €13.5 million. This is normal in any budgetary year in the management of the Vote. We will return in January to go through the outcomes for the year.

We will be able to give the Deputy further information when we appear before the committee for the 2017 Estimates.