167 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policy decisions he has made to keep the current expenditure of his Department within the parameters allocated in his Department’s budget for 2008; the savings in 2008, and the full year savings of each such initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15551/08]

A total of €424.542 million in current expenditure has been allocated to my Department in 2008. The proposed allocation of this expenditure across the areas for which I am responsible is shown in the Revised Estimates for the Public Services 2008 which was published in February. The various divisions of my Department will operate within the allocations made to them in 2008. At present, there are no indications that there will be savings on my Department's vote in 2008.