Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public spending in terms of capital and public expenditure for 2005; the estimated spending in both categories for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7855/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the provisional outturn for 2005 and estimated spending in 2006 are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2006 published on 23 February. The estimate for total gross expenditure in 2006 is €50,643 million, comprised of €43,876 million in current expenditure and €6,767 million in capital expenditure. The gross provisional outturn for 2005 is €44,943 million comprised of €39,285 million in current expenditure and €5,658 million in capital expenditure. Additional to these amounts, €236 million was spent in 2005 and €289 million is being made available for spending in 2006 under the capital carryover arrangements.

The 2006 Estimates make provision for the major economic and social investment programmes which the Government has put in place including the significant increases in social welfare rates and the new child care package announced on budget day. The Estimates also provide for an ambitious programme of investment in infrastructure necessary to underpin our competitiveness into the future.