Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding funding under the various headings for funding or grants available from his Department; if there has been changes, reductions or withdrawal of funding from any of the schemes as operated by his Department since June 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8962/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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In 2007, the amount spent by my Department was €505.401m, as shown in the published Appropriation Account. This can be broken down as follows (in accordance with the current structure of my Department's Vote):

€158.605m for Developing Communities,

€51.518m for Tackling Drugs Misuse,

€107.013m for Rural Development,

€92.598m for Gaeltacht and Islands Development,

€7.769m for Promotion and Maintenance of the Irish Language,

€69.776m for North-South Co-Operation and

€18.122m for Administration.

The 2008 accounts have not yet been audited. However, the provisional outturn for 2008, including the information sought by the Deputy, will be contained in the Revised Estimates Volume, which is currently being finalised by the Minister for Finance and will be published shortly.

It is obviously necessary to take account of the current economic reality and of the pressure on the public finances and against that background, priority has been given to frontline services. Inevitably, some schemes will be affected.