Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total capital spending allocated to her Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within her Department in 2010 for each project in tabular form; the amount allocated to each project; the amount spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42301/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The 2010 capital allocation for my Department is €47.05m comprising (a) €15.45m allocated to the Department of Health and Children; and (b) €31.6m allocated to the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

(a) Department of Health and Children

€0.45m is provided in respect of the administration of my Department's internal ICT infrastructure and office equipment. As at the end of October, expenditure amounted to €0.15m. The €15m is allocated in capital grants to agencies under the aegis of my Department. To date expenditure amounts to €6.066m . Details are as follows: follows:

(b) Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs €30m is allocated this year for the National Childcare Investment Programme and expenditure to date amounts to €17.5m. Pobal, a company established to assist Government departments to implement grant programmes administers this capital funding. Of the €1.6m provided in respect of the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF), expenditure to end October 2010 amounts to €0.656m . Details of these projects are as follows.