Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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496. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department between 2008 and to date in 2014; if he will provide the information on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25536/14]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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497. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of the €8 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 is expected to go towards construction related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on any of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/14]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 497 together.

The Department is engaged in an ongoing capital building programme designed to modernise and enhance the training, operational and accommodation facilities available to members of the Defence Forces.

The capital building programme focuses mainly on infrastructural projects comprising the construction of new buildings and the refurbishment of existing buildings and facilities. In addition to the outlay on construction contracts, the cost of design team services are also charged to the building programme.

For 2014, the Department received an allocation of €8m of direct Exchequer capital funding. A further €900k is available as a capital carryover/deferred surrender amount from 2013. Of the total amount of direct Exchequer provision available for 2014, €6.14m has been allocated for construction projects.

In addition, funding is being provided by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, from the proceeds of the disposal of the National Lottery licence, for the development of the Military Archives project at Cathal Brugha.

A breakdown of capital spending on construction projects carried out by the Department between 2008 and to date in 2014, including for design team services, is provided in the following table.

Capital Expenditure

The estimated expenditure on the main construction works contracts being progressed in 2014 is as follows: