Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Responsibility for the delivery of public services and meeting targets on front-line services is a matter for each Minister and his or her Department. We are in constant communication with them on this, in particular as we approach the end of 2016. There is very regular reporting to Government on these matters and information is published monthly and made available to me as part of the Exchequer statement. In terms of where we stand at present, gross voted expenditure of €39.836 billion to the end of September was €439 million below profile. Gross current expenditure of €364 million was 1% below profile and capital expenditure was 3.4% below profile. The matter is checked regularly by my Department and the line Departments. The direct answer to the Deputy's question as to whether I expect Ministers to come in on budget and deliver the services to which they have committed for 2016 is "Yes".

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