Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies or bodies to which he provides funding or in respect of which he is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies for which he is responsible in respect of his policy; the amount of funding provided in each of the years 2007 to 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/11]

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of unspent money returned by him 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. [16500/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 426 together.

My Department was established in its present form on 1 April 2011. Previous to that the functions were undertaken by the Department of Transport and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The estimates and expenditure relating to these functions is set out in two publications - the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Service Expenditure (REV) and the Appropriation Accounts. The REV sets out the estimated expenditure for the current year and the provisional outturn for the previous year and is usually presented to the Dáil and published early in the year. The Appropriation Account sets out the Department's previous year's actual spend alongside the final estimate and is usually published in August.

A REV has been published for the years 2007 to 2010, with the 2011 REV due to be published shortly. The Appropriation Account has been published for the years 2007 to 2009. I will arrange for my Office to forward copies of the relevant extracts to you. The following table lists the Agencies which are currently the responsibility of my Department. Details of funding provided is available in the publications mentioned above.