Written answers
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy decisions he has made to keep the current expenditure of his Department within the parameters allocated in his Department's budget for 2008; the savings in 2008, and the full year savings of each such initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's budgetary allocation for 2008 was published in December 2007, in parallel with the presentation to the Dáil by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance of the 2008 Budget. The allocation made to my Department will finance the programmes which I have prioritised for 2008, as well as funding the running costs of my Department and its agencies. My Department has a structured system in place to monitor expenditure against budgets on a regular basis. Monthly Expenditure Reports are prepared for, and reviewed by, my Department's Management Board. The Expenditure Reports identify, and explain the reasons for, any variances from budgetary targets. The reports serve to ensure that both current and capital expenditure remain within the parameters of my Department's budget. The monthly Expenditure Reports have not, to the end of March, identified any net savings which are likely to materialise by the end of the year. However, the situation will be kept under review on an on-going basis.
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