Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent moneys received back into the Exchequer from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The effective management of the delivery of public services within budgetary allocations is a central responsibility of each Minister and their Departments on an ongoing basis.

In relation to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the underspends for 2015 and 2016 are set out in the Appropriation Accounts, audited by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG), and published on the Office of the C&AG’s website. The estimated outturn for 2017 was published earlier this month with the end 2017 Exchequer Statement. The actual outturn will be available when the Appropriation Accounts for 2017 are finalised. The Tables set out the gross and net underspends for the period 2015 to 2017, with the 2015 and 2016 amounts as set out in the Appropriation Accounts and the 2017 amounts as reported with the December 2017 Exchequer Returns. 

Gross Expenditure (€ Million)

Net Expenditure (€ Million)

* Includes capital carryover of €23.8 million into 2018. 

After taking account of capital carryover into the following year, the surplus to be surrendered to the Exchequer in 2015 was €57 million and in 2016 was €231 million.