Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects which have gone over the timescale and budget within his Department since September 2007 to date in 2009; the length of time each project has run over; and the cost that time and budget over runs have cost to date. [9100/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department's capital programmes include responsibility for Housing, Water Services, Environmental Protection, Fire Services, Libraries and other capital projects implemented primarily by local authorities but also by my Department. The scale of these projects ranges across social and affordable housing projects both by local authorities and voluntary bodies, provision of water supply and waste water treatment systems, construction and upgrading of fire stations and libraries, and improvement works at six National Parks.

I am satisfied that good progress is being made in advancing these programmes in a timely and efficient manner. As all of these programmes involve many hundreds of live projects, with widely varying values, at various stages of implementation. The compilation of the information sought would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work by my Department including contact with local authorities and voluntary bodies.