Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €7 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. [31303/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The underspend against profile within my Department's Vote largely relates to timing issues in relation to the drawdown of funding across a number of projects and subheads which it is anticipated will rectify by year end.

All expenditure within my Department's Vote continues to be carefully monitored to ensure the best use of available financial resources.  While it is too early at this point in time to accurately forecast the full end of year outturn, I can advise that no significant savings are envisaged at present.