Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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538. To ask the Minister for Health the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in each of the past six years and to date in 2017 in respect of construction projects and other capital projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms he employs to establish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11538/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE is responsible for the delivery of health care infrastructure projects. Therefore, the Executive has been requested to reply directly to you in relation to construction inflation. There are a number of smaller agencies such as the Health Research Board, Health Information and Quality Authority, CORU and the National Cancer Registry which receive capital funding from my Department, the annual capital allocation is €14.527m. The bulk of this annual funding, circa €10m, is allocated to the HRB for health research and the remainder is allocated for office equipment, ICT, refurbishment and office fit-out. Inflation is not monitored in relation to instances of office fit-out.