Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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. [30238/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The total sum allocated to my Department in 2006 as between Vote 38 for Social and Family Affairs and the Social Insurance Fund is €13,540 million.

Demand-led schemes account for the vast bulk of social welfare expenditure and the determinants of such expenditure can change significantly even in the short to medium term. However, the indications at this stage of the year are that the Vote 38 allocation will be spent in full and that there will be a slight excess in the expenditure provision from the Fund, which will be more than off-set by increased income.