Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19218/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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None of my Department’s 2012 Capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes. My Department utilised the provisions of the Multi-Annual Capital Envelope Framework to carry over €25m of unspent Capital allocation from 2012 for use in 2013 in order to maximise the amount of funding available for job creation purposes.

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19234/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department's 2013 Capital allocation under the recently published Revised Estimates Volume is €454.5m. This allocation supports the transition to an economy based on exports, enterprise and innovation through Capital funding to Agencies and Programmes such as IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the County Enterprise Boards, Shannon Development, InterTrade Ireland, INTERREG, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) and the Temporary Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme.

The drawdown of exchequer monies through the Agencies of my Department is based on commitments made in a given year and projected draw-downs against those commitments in the year in question. The drawdown of exchequer financial support by companies or other bodies (e.g. Competency Centres) is demand-led and can only take place if the company or body in question has progressed a given project in line with the agreement entered into with the State at the time of the financial commitment.

The pattern of disbursement of funds is essentially determined according to this demand-led nature of grant payments and issues relating to the timing of expenditure and significant drawdown occurs in the last quarter of the year. The month by month profile of anticipated expenditure from the 2013 allocation is provided below.

CAPITAL ALLOCATION 2013 - Profile of drawdown from Exchequer on a month-by-month basis