Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It has been vired from savings under subhead A7. Due to the scale and complexity of once-off aspects of the capital programme, some adjustments have been made to allocations. Savings will arise under subhead A7, cultural infrastructure and development, and subhead A16, Cork Events Centre, as a result of delayed drawdowns in a number of capital projects due to a combination of outside factors.

Sanction has been received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to vire these savings. They are: €2 million to meet additional demand under built heritage schemes; €4 million to sub-head B5, natural heritage, which is to cover turf compensation measures and essential works at the National Parks and Wildlife Service; €2 million to programme C, the Irish language, the Gaeltacht and the islands; and €2 million to Waterways Ireland for essential works to the waterways network. As the committee knows, there was significant damage to waterways earlier in the year and we will be able to do some essential work on waterways and in national parks.