Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of his overall departmental budget that was spent in urban and suburban communities, rural communities, and Gaeltacht communities respectively in the years 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36778/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, details of the allocations to individual programme areas are included in the Annual Revised Estimates Volume and details of annual expenditure outturns are published in the Annual Appropriation Accounts published by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Gross expenditure by my Department in 2004 was €308.777m, while gross expenditure in 2005 was €354.950m. A breakdown of this expenditure across the main expenditure areas is set out in the Table. Also included for the Deputy's information is a summary of the Revised Estimates Allocations for the current year.

Expenditure within these programme areas (in respect of which information is available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie) takes place across a wide range of schemes and projects countrywide. If the Deputy would like further information in relation to any particular scheme, I would be glad to provide the details to her.