Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total 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. [25534/14]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the €38 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the 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 any of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 397 together.

As the Deputy will recall, my Department was established in June 2011. Details of the Voted Capital Services allocated to my Department at subhead level are published in Appendix II of the annual Revised Estimates Volume for each of the years since 2011 and are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at . Through these subheads, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at

Capital expenditure under these programme areas does not relate exclusively to construction activity and precise costs of individual projects in some instances are yet to be determined though tender processes. In view of this and because of the wide range of my Department’s schemes and programmes, and the large volumes of payments and grants involved, it is not possible to provide the information sought. However, if the Deputy has specific queries relating to a particular programme or grant, I will endeavour to provide him with relevant information in that regard.