Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 October 2020

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I had a good exchange with Deputy Mairéad Farrell, which the Deputy may not have heard, on the question of the national development plan, NDP. I will repeat briefly in terms of background. The original budget for capital expenditure for 2020 was €8.1 billion. On an exceptional basis over the course of the current year we allocated a further €1.5 billion through the July stimulus, the restart grants and other measures to bring the outturn significantly up for 2020. The NDP ceiling for 2021 is of the order of €9.2 billion. The Departments already know their allocation under that. That is about €1 billion above the budget for capital expenditure in 2020. There are increases in a range Departments. Transport gets a large increase in 2021 but it is spread through the different portfolio areas. What was the Deputy’s second question?

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