Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health 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. [32287/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Gross Current Expenditure provision for my Department for 2011, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume, is €347.701m. The September expenditure returns show that the total gross current expenditure is €194.317m, while gross capital expenditure is €1.809m. This results in €151.575m remaining to be spent. Spending is under profile and it is anticipated that there will be some saving on the Vote in the current year. However, given that a significant proportion of the Vote provision is for legal costs and compensation payments, it is difficult to forecast the projected outturn with any certainty.