John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each year since 2007; the projects for which this money was originally earmarked in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21777/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's annual estimates and provisional outturns are published in the Revised Estimates Volumes, which are available at www.finance.gov.ie. The final outturns are published in the Appropriation Accounts, which are available at www.audgen.gov.ie. Both publications are also available in the Dáil library.

In the table below, the relevant details, including the total estimate and the surplus to be surrendered, are taken from the Appropriation Accounts for 2007 and 2008 – the latest years in respect of which published Appropriation Accounts are available. The estimates for 2009 and 2010 are taken from the Revised Estimates Volume. The audit of the Appropriation Account for 2009 has not yet been completed and, accordingly, the expenditure shown is the provisional outturn; the final figure for the surplus to be surrendered to the Exchequer is not yet available. As the Deputy is aware, the estimates and expenditure are made up of various subheads. The overall surplus to be surrendered comprises the sum of the variations across subheads and therefore does not relate back to specific projects. However, all major variations in subheads, as between estimates and outturn, are explained in the Appropriation Accounts.

*Table –

Estimates, Outturn and Surplus to be Surrendered 2007-2010 (€000)

* The figures in this table are rounded to the nearest €1,000 – there are rounding differences in some cases.

** Provisional outturn.

*** The final figure for the surplus to be surrendered to the Exchequer will be available when the 2009 Appropriation Account is published. The figure shown is a calculation based on the estimate for the year less the provisional outturn published in the 2010 Revised Estimates Volume.