Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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640. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department at the end of March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Department is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation).

Monthly profiles for expenditure are in place in my Department and performance against profile is reported regularly to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is published as part of the Monthly Exchequer Statement. The Monthly Exchequer Statement for March has been published on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Vote 28 figures at end of March are outlined in the following table.

Under Vote 28 Payroll expenditure was on profile to end of March, while expenditure against non-pay was ahead by €6.81m. This is mainly due to payments to international organisations being ahead of profile to the end of March 2016.

International Co-operation Vote 27 figures at the end of March are outlined below.

Under Vote 27 expenditure against the payroll profile is on target, while expenditure against non-pay is slightly ahead of profile by some €3 million. The variance is as a result of expenditure to UN Agencies being ahead of profile to the end of March 2016.