Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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98. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure not relating to set Department budgets pertaining to the headings. [52222/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The records sought by the Deputy relate to a very wide range of expenditure areas and to a very lengthy period, beginning over twenty years ago and running to almost seven years ago.

In that context, the bulk of the records in question are not readily available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost to my Department and the Exchequer.