Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Budget
10:00 pm
Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 1997; the total Departmental budget for each year since 1997; the projects for which this money was originally earmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20594/05]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information the Deputy has requested is published every year in the appropriation account, which forms part of the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The detailed breakdown of the savings each year, together with an explanation of the variation from the Estimate provision is contained in Note 5 of the appropriation account.
The following table gives details for each year from 1997 to 2004. In general, savings that occur across the administrative subheads, A1 to A7, are not linked to specific projects. In many instances, they represent savings on administrative costs or a contingency against the possibility of legal costs being awarded in a particular year by a tribunal of inquiry.
The Department is able to carry forward savings within the administrative subheads under the terms of the administrative budget agreement.
| Total Estimate | Savings | Details of Savings | ||||
| £ | â'¬ | £ | â'¬ | ('000) | ||
| £ | ||||||
| 1997 | 14,859,000 | 18,867,038 | 2,112,053 | 2,681,754 | 223 | Subhead A1 — Salaries, Wages & Allowances |
| 42 | Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence | |||||
| 121 | Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses | |||||
| 164 | Subhead D1 — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 11 | Subhead E — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 18 | Subhead I — EU Presidency | |||||
| 1,474 | Subhead L — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 96 | Subhead M — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 76 | Subhead N — National Partnership Centre | |||||
| 5 | Subhead T — All Party Committee on SMI | |||||
| £ | ||||||
| 1998 | 20,301,000 | 25,776,953 | 3,666,507 | 4,655,504 | 43 | Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence |
| 56 | Subhead A4 — Postal & Telecommunications Services | |||||
| 37 | Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses | |||||
| 192 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services | |||||
| 766 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 78 | Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 80 | Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution | |||||
| 159 | Subhead H — National Partnership Centre | |||||
| 123 | Subhead I — National Economic & Social Forum | |||||
| 1,383 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 472 | Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 36 | Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI | |||||
| 865 | Subhead O — Northern Ireland Agreements | |||||
| 1999 | 32,233,000 | 40,927,467 | 12,335,755 | 15,663,178 | 113 | Subhead A2 — Travel & Subsistence |
| 277 | Subhead A5 — Office Machinery and other Office Supplies | |||||
| 87 | Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses | |||||
| 353 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services | |||||
| 86 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 80 | Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 148 | Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives | |||||
| 26 | Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution | |||||
| 29 | Subhead G — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 50 | Subhead I — National Economic & Social Forum | |||||
| 2,965 | Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 29 | Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI | |||||
| 8,095 | Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations | |||||
| 2000 | 85,294,000 | 108,301,040 | 27,946,229 | 35,484,391 | 317 | Subhead A5 — Office Machinery and other Office Supplies |
| 281 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services | |||||
| 238 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 80 | Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 55 | Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives | |||||
| 59 | Subhead G — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 245 | Subhead H — National Partnership Centre | |||||
| 897 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 6,290 | Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 43 | Subhead M — All Party Committee on SMI | |||||
| 10,212 | Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations | |||||
| 15 | Subhead O — Independent Commission of Inquiry | |||||
| 1,777 | Subhead P — Multi Media Developments | |||||
| 7,503 | Subhead Q — Sports Campus Ireland | |||||
| 2001 | 28,472,000 | 36,151,983 | 4,916,232 | 6,242,327 | 355 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services |
| 138 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| â'¬ | ||||||
| 324 | Subhead G1 — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 180 | Subhead G2 — Information Society Awareness | |||||
| 107 | Subhead H — National Centre for Partnership and Performance | |||||
| 200 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 965 | Subhead L — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 2,081 | Subhead N — Millennium Celebrations | |||||
| 62 | Subhead O — Independent Commission of Inquiry | |||||
| 64 | Subhead R — National Economic & Social Development Office | |||||
| 2002 | 35,949,000 | 7,546,428 | 135 | Subhead A4 — Postal & Telecommunications Services | ||
| 180 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services | |||||
| 807 | Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives | |||||
| 19 | Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 129 | Subhead F — All Party Committee on the Constitution | |||||
| 202 | Subhead G — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 1,261 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 3,551 | Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 624 | Subhead L — Millennium Celebrations | |||||
| 74 | Subhead M — Independent Commission of Inquiry | |||||
| 2003 | 25,808,000 | 1,153,394 | 280 | Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses | ||
| 99 | Subhead A7 — Consultancy Services | |||||
| 400 | Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives | |||||
| 28 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 11 | Subhead E — Commemoration Initiatives | |||||
| 64 | Subhead G — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 251 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 223 | Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 158 | Subhead M — National Economic and Social Development Office | |||||
| 2004* | 37,585,000 | 8,760,730 | 351 | Subhead A6 — Office Premises Expenses | ||
| 228 | Subhead A8 — Information Society — eCabinet & other initiatives | |||||
| 127 | Subhead A9 — EU Presidency | |||||
| 1 | Subhead C — Grants under Section 2 of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 | |||||
| 50 | Subhead D — Forum for Peace & Reconciliation | |||||
| 215 | Subhead G — Information Society Commission | |||||
| 250 | Subhead J — Tribunal (Dunnes Payments) | |||||
| 6,714 | Subhead K — Moriarty Tribunal | |||||
| 209 | Subhead N — National Forum on Europe | |||||
| *The figures for 2004 are provisional pending completion of the audit of the appropriation account by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. | ||||||
| Note: The total for the savings under each subhead in a year will not add up to the same total as the overall savings figure. This is because details of savings under certain % thresholds are not recorded in the appropriation account and also because there may be small overruns on other subheads which will reduce the overall figure. |
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