Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding committed to in his Department for capital projects; if he will provide details of the projects and funding committed; the funds that have been drawn down for the projects; when the balance will be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26630/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-16: Medium Term Exchequer Framework, published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in November 2011, sets out capital funding of some €3.3 billion in respect of my Department's programmes over the period. This investment will allow progress to continue to be made across the range of capital programmes for which my Department is responsible, including housing, water services, rural development, fire, libraries and other services, which in general are delivered by the local authorities.

As regards 2012, €895 million is provided for capital spending in my Department's Vote (including €34 million carried forward from 2011). This includes €390m for housing, €371m for water services and €97m for the Rural Development Programme. Total capital spending to end May 2012 is €112 million, with the balance of 2012 funding to be drawn down by year end.

The overall impact of this investment in 2012 will be reflected in my Department's Vote for 2013 under Key Outputs. Having regard to the range of programmes, the role of local authorities in delivering most of these programmes and the number of projects involved, the compilation of the information sought at project level would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.