Written answers
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Expenditure
8:00 pm
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011; and the actual outturns in each of his Department's subheads at the end of 2011. [2135/12]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Department was responsible for two Votes in 2011: Foreign Affairs and Trade (Vote 28) and International Cooperation (Vote 29). The total allocation for both Votes in 2011 was €740.5m. The provisional gross expenditure outturn for 2011 is €726.7m. It should be noted that this figure may be subject to adjustment in the Appropriation Accounts in due course. The provisional outturn figures by subhead are set out in the following tables:
| Vote 28 Foreign Affairs and Trade | Allocation 2011 | Provisional Outturn 2011 |
| ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE | €000 | €000 |
| A1 SALARIES & ALLOWANCES | 90,260 | 92,026 |
| A2 TRAVEL & SUBSISTENCE | 6,080 | 4,376 |
| A3 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES | 4,688 | 3,841 |
| A4 POSTAL & TELECOMMUNICATIONS | 7,408 | 6,548 |
| A5 OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND EXTERNAL IT SERVICES | 15,386 | 14,968 |
| A6 OFFICE PREMISES EXPENSES | 26,282 | 21,870 |
| A7 CONSULTANCY SERVICES AND VALUE FOR MONEY AND POLICY REVIEWS | 108 | 28 |
| TOTAL ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES | 150,212 | 143,658 |
| PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE | ||
| B1 REPATRIATION & MAINTENANCE OF DISTRESSED IRISH PERSONS ABROAD | 79 | 36 |
| C1 SUPPORT FOR IRISH EMIGRANT GROUPS | 12,883 | 11,562 |
| D1 INFORMATION SERVICES | 652 | 424 |
| E1 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (GRANT-IN-AID) | 100 | 100 |
| F1 NORTH SOUTH AND ANGLO-IRISH CO-OPERATION | 3,000 | 2,998 |
| F2 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND | 195 | 150 |
| G1 CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES (GRANT-IN-AID) | 846 | 772 |
| H1 IRISH AMERICAN ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD | 28 | 13 |
| I1 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS | 47,440 | 48,407 |
| J1ACTIONS CONSEQUENT ON TITLE V OF THE TREATY ON THE EUROPEAN UNION | 418 | 226 |
| K1 ATLANTIC CORRIDOR PROJECT | 250 | 250 |
| L1 TRADE PROMOTION FUNDS | 400 | 315 |
| TOTAL PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE | 66,291 | 65,253 |
| GROSS EXPENDITURE | 216,503 | 208,911 |
| X1 APPROPRIATIONS IN AID | 43,997 | 44,512 |
| NET EXPENDITURE | 172,506 | 164,400 |
| Vote 29 - International Cooperation | |||
| Allocation 2011 | Provisional Outturn 2011 | ||
| ADMINISTRATION (a) | €000 | €000 | |
| A.1 - | SALARIES WAGES AND ALLOWANCES .... | 18,626 | 17,518 |
| A.2 - | TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE .... | 2,747 | 2,013 |
| A.3 - | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND | ||
| INCIDENTAL EXPENSES .... | 2,920 | 1,439 | |
| A.4 - | POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | ||
| SERVICES .... | 1,920 | 1,595 | |
| A.5 - | OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND EXTERNAL | ||
| IT SERVICES .... | 2,020 | 1,193 | |
| A.6 - | OFFICE PREMISES EXPENSES . | 3,910 | 2,874 |
| A.7 - | CONSULTANCY SERVICES AND VALUE FOR | ||
| MONEY AND POLICY REVIEWS . | 1,400 | 748 | |
| Subtotal:- | 33,543 | 27,380 | |
| OTHER SERVICES | |||
| B. - | PAYMENT TO GRANT-IN-AID FUND FOR | ||
| BILATERAL AND OTHER COOPERATION (GRANT-IN-AID) .... | 365,633 | 365,633 | |
| C. - | EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .... | 51,000 | 50,997 |
| D. - | PAYMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL FUNDS FOR | ||
| THE BENEFIT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .... | 34,354 | 34,354 | |
| E. - | CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS AND | ||
| OTHER DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES .... | 39,500 | 39,500 | |
| Gross Total :- (b) | 524,030 | 517,864 | |
| F. - | APPROPRIATIONS-IN-AID .... | 1,153 | 1,500 |
| Net Total :- | 522,877 | 516,364 |
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