Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the the €61 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. [5137/13]

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department had a capital underspend of €41 million for 2012; what this funding was due to go towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5138/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 763 and 764 together.

The health sector had a combined capital allocation of €399.5m in 2012 and a combined expenditure of approximately €349.963m giving an underspend of €49.537m approximately.

The HSE's capital under spend for 2012 is estimated at approximately €40.85m. As part of measures to address the revenue deficit the Executive was required to achieve capital savings of at least €28m. In addition there were further savings as a result of timing issues.

The HSE reported a capital spend of approximately €47m in December 2012 which represents approximately 12% of the Executive's 2012 capital allocation. The HSE's capital expenditure varies by month determined by progress on projects. The breakdown of the HSE's December capital expenditure is as follows:

- Construction €39m

- ICT €8m

My Department had a capital spend of €5.525m in December 2012 giving a combined expenditure of €52.525 in December (approximately 13%) of the gross health sector capital allocation.

These are estimated figures pending the completion of the Appropriation Accounts in March 2013.