202 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 316 and 317 of 16 November 2010, the amount of money currently in reserve in the environment fund and the amount of this funding that is already committed towards expenditure on current or future projects. [47685/10]

The 2011 Estimates for Public Services and Summary Public Capital Programme tables published recently as part of the Budget process show a projected balance of €36.6m in the Fund at year end for 2010. Based on expenditure profiling for next year, the end 2011 balance is projected to be some €1.7m.