Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total current and capital funding allocated to her Department; the underspend or overspend in 2015 to date, under each category, based on her Department's spending profile; the funding made available within and external to her Department's functions to support innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30123/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The 2015 Gross Expenditure Allocation for my Department is €8,585 million, made up of Current Expenditure- €8,018 million and Capital Expenditure- €567 million. Provisional Gross Expenditure to end-June 2015 of €4,156 million is running €2 million or 0.05% behind the profiled figure of €4,158 million - €11 million behind on Current Expenditure and €9 million ahead on Capital Expenditure.

My Department is providing funding of €37.6 million in 2015 to support a suite of research programmes managed by the Irish Research Council, as well as funding to HEAnet and the Irish Centre for High End Computing. Research and development funding is also provided by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, which has the lead responsibility for science policy, as well as by other Departments and agencies. As the Deputy will be aware the development of the new Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation is being prepared at present under the chairmanship of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, which will provide a clear opportunity to develop a new whole-of-Government strategy for research and innovation that can build on the progress made to date and is timely as Ireland moves into a new phase of economic growth and societal development.