Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2015: Motion

2:00 pm

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The money must be spent in the same Department but it can be moved to a different subhead if a project does not go ahead. I will ask the line Department to come back to the Deputy with a note on the Irish Land Commission and Haulbowline. I will also get the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to contact the Deputy with the specific information on the swimming pools. With regard to expenditure by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on commemorative projects, the challenge of capital projects is with regard to when the bill falls due. There is no suggestion whatsoever that projects will not be ready for what is a very important period of commemoration. My note states there has been slower than anticipated progress on some projects, specifically the GPO interpretive exhibition centre. The commitment to deliver all the projects before the commemoration is very much there, but the cheque will fall due to be paid this year rather than last year. With regard to the National Parks and Wildlife Service-----

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