Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [25533/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department administers the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme on an annual basis. This programme funds capital works at the six state owned Fishery Harbour Centres; Castletownbere, Dingle, Ros an Mhíl, Killybegs, Howth and Dunmore East as well as Cape Clear Island and various Piers, Lights and Beacons for which the Department is also responsible for. Subject to available exchequer funding, the programme also provides grant aid to coastal Local Authorities for development and repair works at marine facilities in their ownership. The tables below detail the expenditure for each of the years 2008 to 2014(to date):

Capital Expenditure for State owned Fishery Harbour Centres and Non-Fishery Harbour Centres

** Note: The capital allocation under this heading for 2014 is €9 million

Capital monies paid to the Local Authorities

The grant aid allocation to Local Authorities for 2014 is €3 million, with expenditure for 2014 to be paid out at year end. In addition, €8.5m in funding was approved for a programme to repair publically owned fishery and aquaculture related piers, harbours and slipways damaged by the winter storms. This is a once off measure as part of the Governments overall response to the damage inflicted on our national piers and harbours infrastructure this winter.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €184 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 that is expected to go towards construction-related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25547/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The total capital funding to my Department for 2014 is €200.5 million and includes €16.8 million capital savings carried over from 2013. A substantial proportion of the Department’s capital budget covers the payment of capital grants under various demand led schemes on projects which include construction work undertaken by individuals or corporate entities in the agriculture, forestry, fishery and food processing sectors. Accordingly the allocations in the following table include but are not exclusively provisions for construction related expenditure in these areas.

Capital spending on construction related projects by State Bodies is as set out below

Capital spending under the fishery harbours development programme is as set out below:

In addition, €8.5m in funding was approved for a programme to repair publically owned fishery and aquaculture related piers, harbours and slipways damaged by the winter storms. This is a once off measure as part of the Governments overall response to the damage inflicted on our national piers and harbours infrastructure this winter.