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Friday, 16 December 2016

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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541. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under her aegis in 2016 and 2017, including LEO offices, SFI, InterTradeIreland, IDA and EI, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40856/16]

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The distribution of Current and Capital allocations as per the 2016 Revised Estimates Volume for the Offices and Agencies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following table.

-Current

(Gross figures)
Capital

(Gross Figures)
Intertrade Ireland €1.93 million €5.53 million
IDA Ireland €41.68 million €112 million
National Standards Authority of Ireland €5.73 million€500k
Enterprise Ireland€79.88 million€173.6 million
Local Enterprise Offices€10.43 million €18.5 million
Science Foundation Ireland €9.66 million €157 million
Workplace Relations Programme (includes the Workplace Relations Commission, Labour Court and the Employment Appeals Tribunal)€19.08 million0
Health & Safety Authority €17.544 million0
Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement €5.015 million0
Competition & Consumer Protection Commission €12.14 million 0
Personal Injuries Assessment Board €224k (pensions)0
Companies Registration Office and the Registrar of Friendly Societies€7.31 million 0
Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority€2.39 million 0
Low Pay Commission €4744k0

On December 8 Dáil Éireann agreed to the provision of an additional €35 million in capital to my Department for expenditure in 2016.

The Deputy will be aware from my presentation of the Supplementary Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the 1 December 2016, that the additional €35 million formed part of an overall €60 million capital package for expenditure by year end. The distribution of the Supplementary Estimate capital package is set out in the following table.

-Additional Capital Total Capital expenditure in 2016
Science Foundation Ireland €27 million €184 million
Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions €20 million €33.37 million
Microfinance Ireland €10 million €10 million
Ireland’s involvement in European Space Agency programme €2 million €19.7 million
Local Enterprise Offices€1 million €19.5 million

The Deputy will also be aware that a number of the Department’s Agencies, primarily Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the National Standards Authority of Ireland, also have sanction to retain and utilise Own Resource Income to support the jobs, enterprise, innovation and regulatory agendas. The total Own Resource Income amount sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for my Department’s Agencies in 2016 is €116.3 million.

The following table sets out the Current and Capital allocations as per the 2017 Revised Estimates Volume relating to the Offices and Agencies under the aegis of my Department.

-Current

(Gross figures)
Capital

(Gross Figures)
Intertrade Ireland €2.26 million €5.69 million
IDA Ireland €42.264 million €137 million
National Standards Authority of Ireland €5.30 million€500k
Enterprise Ireland€84.50 million€185 million
Local Enterprise Offices€10.43 million €22.5 million
Science Foundation Ireland €10.13 million €162.5 million
Workplace Relations Programme (includes the Workplace Relations Commission, Labour Court and the Employment Appeals Tribunal)€18.73 million0
Health & Safety Authority €18.11 million0
Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement €4.89 million0
Competition & Consumer Protection Commission €12.14 million 0
Personal Injuries Assessment Board €228k (pensions)0
Companies Registration Office and the Registrar of Friendly Societies€7.48 million 0
Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority€2.10 million 0
Low Pay Commission €477k0

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