Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year's Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified any allocated moneys which are not needed by his Department; and if so the amount of such moneys. [30228/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The 2006 Revised Estimates for Public Services included a net provision of €291.44 million in respect of my Department. This is comprised of gross provisions of €371.803 million for current expenditure and €155.885 million for capital expenditure less approved Appropriations-in-Aid of €236.248 million. In addition, my Department has an allocation of €11.429 million in unspent capital from 2005, the surrender of which was deferred in accordance with Section 91 of the Finance Act 2004.

At this stage, I do not anticipate any aggregate savings on my Department's current budget for 2006. I expect that any shortfall on capital expenditure will be accommodated within the terms of Section 91 of the Finance Act 2004, which provides for Departments to carry over into the following year, unspent capital allocations of up to 10% of the voted capital provision.