Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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48. To ask the Taoiseach the areas in which there is an underspend or in which spending is under profile to date in 2017 in his Department. [35548/17]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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53. To ask the Taoiseach the latest profiles in value and outruns forecast in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on his Department’s performance against profile in gross voted expenditure at the end of June 2017. [36574/17]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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55. To ask the Taoiseach if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and those that may come in below profile at the end of the calendar year; and whether underspends in his Department will be available to the central Exchequer at year end. [36753/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 48, 53 and 55 together.

Expenditure by my Department up to end-June 2017 amounted to €15.63m which represents 77% of profiled expenditure for the year to date. My Department has no capital funding.

Significant elements of the Department's expenditure is outside of its direct control, for example, the Moriarty Tribunal of Inquiry and three Commissions of Investigation. Nonetheless, expenditure is expected to be on profile by year end. However, if there is any surplus at year end it is liable to be surrendered to the Exchequer, as is the normal procedure under Government accounting rules.