Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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1222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the decrease in the training and development section of administration related expenditure (details supplied); and the amount that has been reconciled under other expenditure headings. [63337/21]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the corresponding allocation for the subhead in question in the original revised estimates for 2021 was €9.154 million, so in effect the same allocation is available in the 2022 revised estimates.

There was a technical supplementary estimate in the Justice Vote in late 2021. Through this process, surplus receipts of circa €13 million were reallocated to a number of demand-led areas including this subhead, which increased the allocation to €18.753 million. The largest element of the revised allocation (€13.5 million) for 2021 in this subhead was in respect of legal costs and settlements.

This area will continue to be kept under review in 2022 but it is important to note that the gross current expenditure budget for 2022 in respect of the Justice Vote is over 10% greater than the corresponding allocation in 2021.