Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40639/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department conducts regular reviews of funding as part of the ongoing financial management of the Vote including:

- A comprehensive annual review of expenditure and funding requirements in preparation of the Estimates for the Budget involving a detailed analysis of funding needs to meet my Department’s commitment to deliver on its broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban regeneration, peatlands conservation, national parks & wildlife services and fire services;

- Monthly expenditure monitoring and the provision of reports to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) in line with Government financial procedures; and

- Quarterly reporting to Government on the Department’s capital expenditure. Government Decision S180//20/10/0640P dated 16 February 2021 “End Year 2020 Expenditure Position and Expenditure Management in 2021” set out the requirement for my Department to report to Government on a quarterly basis on investment of its 2021 capital allocation.

In addition, in the context of the review of the National Development Plan (NDP) currently being undertaken by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department has completed a comprehensive review of our capital funding requirements over the next 10 years.