Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the €9 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 17% of his Department's overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5140/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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A Breakdown of the €9 million Capital Funding Spent in December 2012 by my Department and associated bodies is as follows:

*Deferred Capital Expenditure in relation to Forensic Science Laboratory.

This is not an unusual occurrence as capital expenditure does not, by its nature, accrue evenly over the course of a year. It is generally related to project milestones and in particular, project completion. This can be particularly so with ICT capital expenditure, where contracts entered into at the beginning of a particular year are contracted for completion during the latter part of the same year, thus triggering final payments.