Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money yet to be spent under his Department's 2011 budget allocation before the end of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32288/11]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The net Exchequer provision for my Department for 2011 is €844.840 million. This sum comprises €336.9 million in Current expenditure and €507.9 million in Capital expenditure and takes into account a targeted saving of €14.6 million on Programme Payroll and non-pay administrative savings for 2011 agreed in the context of the development of the National Recovery Plan.

This allocation is broadly spent across 6 key Programme Areas. Net expenditure across these Programmes to the end of September amounted to approximately €490 million.

Significant spend is profiled for the last quarter of the year. However, my Department will closely monitor spending under all expenditure lines with a view to returning savings made to the Exchequer.