Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of his Department's expenditure (details supplied), on a monthly basis for the past six months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12463/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Please find a table of the Departments expenditure in each area under the Departments remit for the past 6 months below. These are based on the figures as per the issues returns. Reporting of expenditure is completed monthly on a cumulative basis, the table below represents the movement in respect of the reported cumulative expenditure as per the issues returns in each of the last 6 months.

It should be noted that the value of payments each month can be impacted by a number of variables such as:

• The number of weekly payment dates in each month
• The number of payroll dates falling within the month
• Agree timing of grant payments
• Timing of capital expenditure
• Timing of receipt of invoices/ drawdown requests
• The nature of the spending area

  Subhead€000s	Sep-23	Oct-23	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Total for 6 Months
  Pay	2,778	4,168	3,745	3,838	3,866	5,516	23,911
  Non Pay	740	499	1,134	-1,143	193	490	1,913
  A3: Tusla Child and Family Agency	40,773	84,594	151,163	100,746	73,150	85,026	535,452
  A4: Youth Justice-Children Detention Schools	3,037	2,330	3,354	2,176	1,965	2,611	15,474
  A5: Guardian Ad Litem Executive Office	0	0	45	0	0	20	65
  A6: Child and Family Agency Covid Related Supports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  A.7 - Services To Support Victims Of Domestic, Sexual And Gender Based Violence	2,987	2,056	1,569	126	0	0	6,739
  B3: ECCE and AIM Pre-School Programmes	24,808	30,306	41,918	1,358	62,039	35,197	195,626
  B4: National Childcare Scheme and Other Childcare Programmes	29,258	28,904	34,780	27,884	28,074	35,684	184,584
  B5: Childcare Programmes: Delivery Supports and Other Initiatives	31,379	25,498	36,108	3,288	66,540	24,075	186,888
  B6: Youth Organisations and Services (Nat Lottery)	10,953	1,431	7,070	596	6,777	5,483	32,311
  B7: Creative Ireland	0	90	39	0	0	0	129
  B8: Intervention Prog Children & Young People (dormant a/cs)	120	304	1,053	193	220	1,843	3,733
  B9: Programme for Peace and Reconciliation	0	56	0	0	0	0	56
  B10:ELC & SAC Covid related Supports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  C3: Miscellaneous Legal Fees and Settlements	0	0	0	0	16	0	16
  C4: NLSI	13	569	58	183	62	69	954
  C5: Children and Young People's Policy Framework	677	458	855	425	64	3,296	5,774
  C6: Adoption Authority of Ireland	253	658	545	644	593	630	3,323
  C7: Office of the Ombudsman for Children	350	0	630	420	274	380	2,054
  C8: Response to Legacy of Mother and Baby Institutions	48	117	100	732	27	110	1,135
  C9: Mother & Baby Institution Payment Scheme	47	26	99	677	67	29	945
  C10: Magdalen Fund	0	0	71	0	0	50	121
  D3: National Disability Authority	680	285	289	995	299	780	3,329
  D4: Refugee and Migrant Integration	464	1,255	697	411	201	157	3,186
  D5: Grants to National Women's Organisations	160	0	0	0	0	170	330
  D6: Traveller and Roma Initiatives	237	872	188	115	643	510	2,565
  D7: Positive Action for Gender Equality	475	1	30	121	167	444	1,238
  D8: Equality and LGBTI initiatives	0	25	855	156	0	25	1,061
  D9: Decision Support Service	1,250	1,835	0	1,323	0	0	4,408
  D10: Disability Equality	1	2	11	14	9	26	63
  D11: Specialist Community Based Disability Services	215,969	215,800	244,560	284,268	239,912	245,610	1,446,119
  D12: Specialist Community Based Disability Services - Covid 19	19,001	3,050	3,279	2,928	2,928	192	31,378
  D13: Farrelly Commission of Investigation	-426	482	153	32	19	57	317
  D14: Disability Services and Regulatory Bodies	-100	114	0	4,841	13	0	4,868
  D15: Payments in Respect of Thalidomide	-171	255	66	28	35	35	248
  E3: Asylum Migration Integration Fund	0	209	178	502	52	0	941
  E4: International Protection Seekers	46,111	58,654	112,074	20,020	73,891	71,217	381,966
  E5: Ukraine	193,237	40,134	167,674	120,826	123,512	69,056	714,439
  DCEDIY Total Gross Current and Capital Expenditure	625,109	505,037	814,391	578,725	685,609	588,787	3,797,658