Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure spent in 2006 and 2007 on the primary school building programme with a break down of the expenditure on the different schemes within the building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13977/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The total money spent on the Primary School Building Programme in 2006 was €244.898m.

Primary Capital Spend 2006

Major Projects: New Buildings, Extensions and Refurbishment — €107.020m

Summer Works — €35.660m

Minor Works Grant — €27.6m

PE Equipment Grant — €6.5 m

Small Schools Scheme — €28.891m

Permanent Accommodation Scheme — €14.333m

Contingency — €8.330m

Site Purchase — €10.787m

Remediation Programmes — €0.11m

Other (including Furniture, Young Offenders, CLÁR etc) — €5.542m

The total money spent on the Primary School Building Programme in 2007 was €398.555m. No funds were left over from the original budget and indeed an additional €92.555m was spent in excess of the original provision for the year. The spend of €398.555m is inclusive of an adjustment amounting to €27.1m that was conducted in the course of the year relating to 2006 payments to OPW for remediation works (€20m) and site purchases (€7.1m). The adjustment is reflected fully in the expenditure figures for both remediation works and site purchases below.

Primary Capital Spend 2007

Major Projects: New Buildings, Extensions and Refurbishment — €145.363m

Summer Works — €55.591m

Minor Works Grant — €27.593m

Small Schools Scheme/Initiative — €43.445m

Permanent Accommodation Scheme — €19.133m

Contingency — €18.195m

Site Purchase — €35.218m

Remediation Programmes — €34.430m

Other (including Furniture, Young Offenders, CLÁR etc) — €19.587m