Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [30232/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The total amount of net funding allocated to my Department in this year's Estimates is €1,673.937 million. This figure includes €355.614 million from the National Training Fund and €29.780 million in capital allocations from 2005 which were carried forward in accordance with the provisions of the multi-annual Capital Investment Framework. My Department and its agencies have a series of monitoring and audit systems in place to provide assurance that funding which is provided through the Estimates is spent appropriately. At this stage, a small number of projected savings on 2006 allocations have been identified in some Subheads of my Department's Vote. However, extra funding requirements have also been identified in other Subheads which will absorb most of these savings. It is envisaged, at this stage, that any savings which remain in my Department's Vote at the end of the year will be minimal in the context of my Department's overall budget. It will be my Department's intention, where appropriate under the terms of the Capital Investment Framework and/or the Administrative Budget Agreement, to seek to carry savings forward to address my Department's priorities in 2007.