Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants in his Department who are employed full time on the assessment, procurement, project management and delivery of infrastructure projects covered by the public capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/05]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a broad description of each capital project considered by his Department over the past five years; when each project was first considered; when each project will be procured; when each will be completed; if each project will be part financed by user charges; the number of public servants employed in the delivery of each project; the names of the consultants and advisers used to date in respect of each project; the titles of the consultancy reports carried out or in progress; the expenditure to date on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12913/05]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 157 together.

There are no staff employed full-time on the assessment, procurement, project management and delivery of infrastructure projects at present, although a number of officials in my Department are involved in considering infrastructure expenditure programmes in the course of the work of interdepartmental groups, such as the cross-departmental team on housing, infrastructure and public private partnerships.

There are two officials from my Department seconded to Sports Campus Ireland Limited. The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has responsibility for this project and will provide the detailed information sought in the question. In the case of the millennium fund projects, the supervision and implementation of the awards lay with the sponsoring entity who received the award, that is, council, local authority and so forth. My Department has no capital projects in its Vote this year. However, the capital projects handled within my Department over the past five years are listed below.