Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)

1:30 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Good. I refer to the capital side. I note €20 million remains to be spent, but €28 million in total is available because €8 million of last year's money has not been spent. Quite a high proportion of €51 million remains to be spent with two months to go. This is an eternal problems for Departments. They are either not providing the bills or are not spending the money. The Minister is coming to the wire when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is asking whether she wants to carry money over to next year. Does she expect to carry unspent capital into 2018?

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