Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For each of the programmes, A, B, C and D, there is a formula used as to how administration expenses are allocated. They are allocated on a percentage basis for each of the programmes. It is therefore not necessarily directly related to the programme; it is a reflection of the overall administration costs. For anyone who wishes to see what exactly is happening in administration and where the costs are before they are then allocated to the four programmes, there is a separate table here that breaks down the administration costs and where they might be up or down and the subhead within administration to which that is attached.