Written answers

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Capital Expenditure Programme

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €31 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. [5141/13]

Photo of Brian HayesBrian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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A breakdown of capital expenditure on the OPW Vote for 2012 including December is below:

F.S.
Description / Subhead
January to November Expenditure
December Expenditure

2012 Total Expenditure

15C.4 Grant Zoological (C1)
278,000
122,000
400,000
16C.5 Grants for Refurbishment (C2)
191,750
58,250
250,000
20C.6 Purchase of Sites & Bldgs (D)
544,697
500,000
1,044,697
25C.7 New Works (Excluding C/F)(E)
24,828,836
6,623,586
31,452,423
28C.13 EU Presidency Capital
2,837,150
1,115,779
3,952,929
36C.11 Unitary Payments Capital (F6)
18,534,275
1,687,193
20,221,468
40A.3 CEW Capital (G)
519,457
198,645
718,102
51A.5 Flood Relief (H2)
33,952,908
18,062,342
52,015,250
Gross Expenditure
81,687,074
28,367,795
110,054,869

Capital expenditure on the OPW Vote in 2012 was broadly in line with profiled expenditure for the year including a significant level of expenditure profiled for December.

Expenditure in December included payments for numerous projects including capital works for the EU Presidency and payments to Local Authorities for flood risk management works.

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of his Department’s €101 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects are involved; he details of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/13]

Photo of Brian HayesBrian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Over €70m of the OPW’s €101m Capital allocation in 2013 will go towards construction projects. The estimated distribution of the capital allocation is as follows.

VOTE 13 Capital Estimates 2013

VOTE 13
2013 Allocation
Comment
Flood Risk
A3 Purchase of Machinery
500
Not Construction
A5 Flood Risk Management
44,500
to include construction works at
Mallow,Clonmel, Fermoy, Carlow, Bray, Ennis, Wateford, Tullamore, Dodder catchment flood risk assessment studies – non construction work €10m.
Estate Portfolio Management
C5 Culture Grants
250
to include construction works at
Glasnevin Cemetary
C6 Purchase of Sites & Buildings
500
Not Construction
C7 New Works to include estimated construction works on Government Sites and Buildings including Office Rationalisation, Garda Programme, Built Heritage Programme, Cultural Programme
33,950
C11 Unitary Payments
20,300
Not Construction
C13 EU Presidency
876
Total
100,876

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