Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 576: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [32292/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The expenditure provisions for my Department are set out in the Revised Estimates Volume, Vote 32 as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My Department's Gross allocation for 2011 is €2,357m.

My Department's total Gross expenditure to the end of October will be €1,420m. My Department is actively monitoring its expenditure in accordance with the Estimates and Budgetary processes. It is normal that a high proportion of annual expenditure takes place in the last two months of the year.