Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of his capital programme for 2008, 2009, 2010 that was awarded to companies outside of this jurisdiction; the monetary value attached to that percentage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27373/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The monetary value of capital funding awarded by my Department directly to companies outside the jurisdiction was: 2008 - €535,000; 2009 - €86,000; and 2010 - €1,260,000.

In percentage terms this accounted for a very small element of the overall capital programme for my Department at less than one tenth of one per cent in all cases.

I am not in a position to quantify the amount of capital funds that may ultimately have been received by companies outside the jurisdiction through awards made by agencies of my Department or, for example, as a result of sub-contracting arrangements in the case of construction projects. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to those agencies for direct response. Please advise my office if you do not receive a response within the next ten working days.