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

Of course at this time of year, bills for projects may not come in until at a later stage. We keep all spending under review and it is monitored closely. To be fair, my officials gave the Deputy a detailed briefing on expenditure in the Department when he was there.

We need to be clear that funding is going out and many projects are being funded. Sometimes, the bills for capital expenditure do not come in as soon as we would like because there are delays. Last year, there were some delays with capital projects. There were certain one-off Decade of Centenary projects where there were unavoidable delays, including the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and the major redevelopment works at the National Archives. That is why money had to be carried over because it was not actually spent.

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