Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 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. [42304/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The total capital allocation for my Department's Vote for 2010, as outlined in the amended Revised Estimates Volume following transfer of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund function to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in May 2010, is €128.842m. The amount spent to date is almost €71m. By the end of November, capital expenditure is profiled to reach €106m.

The following table outlines the capital allocation under each of my Department's subheads and the amount spent to date. The Department's capital programmes are primarily demand led and there are a number of major items of expenditure which will fall due between now and year end.

*Responsibility for the Horse and Greyhound Racing function transferred to Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 1 May 2010.