Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of his Department’s €85 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects are involved; the details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5271/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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In relation to the capital budget of DCENR, the primary vehicle for direct investment in jobs is capital expenditure on Energy Programmes, which in 2013 amounts to just over €59m. Virtually all (85%) of this expenditure will be spent on Energy Efficiency measures which Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland estimates will sustain between 2,500 and 3,000 construction-related jobs in 2013.

The balance of the capital expenditure is primarily in the energy research, natural resources and ICT areas which are not primarily related to the construction sector.