Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the the €29 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 28% of his Department’s overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5132/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The 2012 outturn figures show capital spending by my Department in December 2012 of just over €19m which represents approximately 18.5% of the Department’s total annual capital spend.

A breakdown of this expenditure is set out in the table below. Expenditure patterns are subject to a number of considerations especially in the case of demand led measures. The bulk of capital spend by my Department in 2012 was in respect of demand led energy efficiency grant schemes. The take up of such schemes can be difficult to predict and as the Deputy will note some €11.5m of the €19.3m was in respect of such energy efficiency measures. The Department made a number of adjustments over the course of the year to ensure productive spend in certain areas through the transfer of funds from some areas where expenditure levels had been less than envisaged. This resulted in higher spend towards year end.

Provisional Outturn for December 2012, Capital