774 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 15 December 2010, if the projected reserve balance of €1.7 million for the end of 2011 includes income into the Environment Fund during 2011; and if not, the projected balance in the Reserve Fund at 31 December 2011 [1060/11]

775 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 15 December 2010, the amount of the expenditure profiling for 2011 amounting to €34.9 million that is contractually committed at this stage [1061/11]

776 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 15 December 2010, if he will provide a list of the projects to be undertaken, with their cost, in relation to the expenditure profiling for 2011 of €34.9 million. [1062/11]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 774 to 776, inclusive, together.

The projected reserve balance of €1.7 million in the Environment Fund at the end of 2011 takes into account each of the following:

the opening surplus in the Fund at start of 2011 of €36.6m;

projected income into the Fund during 2011 of €66.2m; and

projected expenditure from the Fund in 2011 of €101.1m.

The most recent available data indicate that contractual commitments falling due for payment from the Environment Fund total €39.1m. This includes expenditure on programmes, which, by their nature, require multi-annual investment and also on projects where payment will fall due on submission of valid claims by the grantee. Specific allocations for the various programmes which are to be funded under the 2011 Expenditure Profile are currently under consideration. Therefore, it is not possible to supply a full list of projects to be undertaken at this time.