Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the updated figures for expenditure savings as outlined in last years budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/12]

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the figures for any potential savings in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 902 and 903 together.

My Department’s gross allocation to deliver its wide range of programmes and measures in 2012 is €268.451m. For the Deputy’s information, on 31st August 2012, my Department’s gross expenditure totalled approximately €171.5m. This represents 99% of the published profile and 64% of the REV allocation. I expect expenditure to remain on profile and that my allocation will be fully drawn down.

I will continue to closely monitor expenditure trends across all my Department’s subheads in the lead up to year-end.