Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Budgets
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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1425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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; if underspends in his Department will be available to the central Exchequer at year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36754/17]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Overall expenditure to end June is €660m which is €15m ahead of profiled spend. Current spend is €28m below profile, mainly due to timing issues in relation to a number of subheads. Capital expenditure is ahead by over €44m due to faster than anticipated spends on a number of projects. I am pleased to say that progress on the Luas Cross City is more advanced than anticipated. As a result spending on this project is ahead by €33m.
Overall pay spend is slightly ahead of profile mainly due to the earlier than expected payment of the Haddington Road pay increases initially profiled for September.
My Department keeps expenditure trends under review and provides details on monthly Exchequer Issues to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that are reported in the Expenditure Reports published with the monthly Exchequer Statement. As the year progresses my Department will continue to manage expenditure within the allocation agreed by the Dáil in the 2017 Estimates.
My Department expects that the programmes we are working to deliver for our citizens will be delivered during the course of the coming months and that the remaining allocation of funding will be used before year end.
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