Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 407: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the new capital projects associated with his Department gone to tender that will begin in 2010; the new capital projects gone to tender that were due to start in 2010 but are not now proceeding; the capital projects that are in the middle of construction at present; his views on the importance of such projects in getting capital flowing into banks and around the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3168/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, my Department does not engage in significant capital expenditure in the State. Most of the relatively small amount of capital expenditure undertaken by my Department is on the renovation or purchase of properties, both in Ireland and abroad. In Ireland in 2010, there is one renovation project being undertaken where an additional floor of the Passport office building in Molesworth Street will be remodelled. This project is currently at tender and works are expected to be completed in the spring. Throughout our diplomatic network of 75 Missions overseas, there are three new capital projects planned for 2010 which will be tendered locally. These are the refurbishments of the Chancery in Paris and the Ambassador's Residences in Abuja and Ljubljana. An additional three capital projects are ongoing and are expected to be completed in 2010; the refurbishments of the Chancery in Addis Ababa and the Ambassador's Residences in Ottawa and Prague. There are no instances of capital projects which have gone to tender that were due to start in 2010 but are not now proceeding.