Written answers

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Departmental Expenditure

10:00 pm

Photo of Catherine ByrneCatherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the agencies he is referring to when he refers to savings being made in his Department in 2009 by reducing dependence on outside agencies. [42938/08]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, funding for my Department for the year 2009 is reduced by a total of 6%; with current expenditure reduced by 5% and capital expenditure by 8.5%. As previously indicated to the house, my primary concern is to make every effort to ensure that the front-line services provided through my Department, especially those focused on the needs of the most socially deprived communities, are protected. This is being achieved through the cessation of the use of intermediary bodies, such as Community Development support agencies, and reducing administrative overheads across bodies such as Pobal. This is in addition to requiring administrative savings by my own Department and public bodies within its ambit. In this way, the wide range of services my Department provides, can be broadly maintained.

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