Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of her 2023 capital budget allocation that has been spent in the first nine months of the year. [48758/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that there are four votes with capital expenditure within the Justice Vote group, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, Courts Service and Department of Justice. These in total combine to almost €294m for 2023.

The details of spend as a percentage of annual allocation for the first nine months of the year, is set out in the table below.

As the Deputy will appreciate capital expenditure throughout the year tends to be uneven with a particular high drawdown at year-end. I am informed that underspends to date will reverse as various projects are progressed over the coming weeks and that the 2023 capital allocation will be utilised.