Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I thank the Deputy for her range of questions. I will try to get through them, but if I miss one, I will come back to it.

I wish to make a general comment on the underspend in the Department. Typically, much of the drawdown takes place near year-end, given the local authority and housing aspect. I ask the Deputy to bear this in mind. For instance, the figure for the housing spend in November and December 2013 was 57%; in 2012 it was 56%; in 2011, 47%, while this year we are ahead with a rate of 65%. That means that we are ahead of where we were in the last three years.