Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the estimated expenditure in each year for the next years of the new schools building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The capital allocations for expenditure in schools in the period 2012 to 2016 are as follows: 2012, €357m; 2013, €335.5m; 2014, €451m; 2015, €454.5m; 2016, €394.5m; Total, €1,992.5m.

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he spent his entire capital budget in 2011; if any of this capital budget was carried over into the new capital budget for 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Total capital expenditure by my Department in 2011 amounted to €556m compared to the 2011 Revised Estimates Volume allocation of €501m – an increase of €55m. With the 2011 capital allocation more than fully expended there was no facility to carry over monies into the 2012 allocation.