Written answers
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €2 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31306/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has a capital budget of €11m in 2018 (including €1m carryover from 2017).
The projected capital underspend outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor relates to the A.2.(v) Office Equipment and External IT Services and A.2.(vi) Office Premises Expenses Subheads. However, the actual capital underspend at end June was €2.29m (excluding capital carry over).
Table 1 provides details of the current underspend.
Table 1
| Project | End June Underspend | Reason for Underspend |
|---|---|---|
| A.2.v Office Equipment and External IT Services: | ||
| Ongoing purchase of computer hardware, photocopiers, other non-IT office machinery, software licenses including storage technology, investment in server infrastructure and in virtualisation technology etc. | €0.83m | The timing of this expenditure can be difficult to profile on a monthly basis. It is anticipated that these monies will be expended over the course of the year. |
| Intreo Centre Online Self Service | €0.2m | Project underway but expenditure will be not be incurred until Q3 and Q4. |
| A.2.v Office Premises Expenses | ||
| Tuam | €0.8m | The reasons relate primarily to delays in the planning and contracting process. |
| Longford | €0.1m | The reasons relate primarily to delays in the planning and contracting process. |
| Dungarvan | €0.14m | The reasons relate primarily to delays in the planning and contracting process. |
| Nenagh | €0.22m | The reasons relate primarily to delays in the planning and contracting process. |
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