Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile of his Department at the end of November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/16]

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 of projected expenditure are established at the beginning of each year and expenditure against profile is monitored and reported on monthly to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is published as part of the Monthly Exchequer Statement. The Monthly Exchequer Statement for November 2016 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 November are outlined below:

Under Vote 28, payroll expenditure was slightly behind profile to end of November, while expenditure on non-pay was ahead by €1.425m. This is mainly due to payments to international organisations being ahead of profile to the end of November 2016. Capital is behind by €0.845m but a full spend is expected to year end. Expenditure by the end of the year is expected to be within profile and budget.

International Co-operation Vote 27 figures at the end of November are outlined below:

Under Vote 27, expenditure is running 10% behind profile at the end of November. The variance is primarily due to the timing of disbursements and a full spend is forecast across the programme subheads for 2016. Savings of €0.5 million are forecast on the payroll subhead while savings of €0.7 million are forecast across the non-pay administration subheads.