Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital programmes and projects that will no longer proceed in 2009 as a result of the Government's decision to re-prioritise €150 million of capital spending on employment intensive activities in the area of school building and energy efficiency improvements. [4776/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The capital allocation for every Department announced in Budget 2009 was reduced pro-rata by 1.8% to raise €150 million which has been allocated to school building work and to home insulation and energy efficiency measures.

Every Department will now have to examine its planned expenditure for 2009 and identify where the reductions can be made. However, we are achieving far more output for less money than was the case in the past as tender prices are falling. We therefore expect to maintain a high level of output on capital projects despite the lower cash allocations.