Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to the Courts Service under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in 2016 and 2017 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The total capital provision for the Justice Sector over the remaining four year period of the existing Capital Plan is €822 million after technical adjustments for transfer of functions and reclassification of expenditure between current and capital.

The final breakdown of the capital allocation across the individual votes in the Justice sector over the remainder of the period of the Plan to 2021 will depend on priorities and the progress made on the various projects across the sector. However, it is likely that the capital budget for the Courts vote will be in the region of €214 million.

This will enable continued investment in the ICT and Courthouse Capital Programmes as well as the annual repayments for the Criminal Courts of Justice and Regional Building Projects which are being delivered under Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements.

The Courts Vote incurred total capital expenditure of €36.3 million and €54.4 million in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Expenditure on the ICT programme was €9 million in 2016 and almost €10 million in 2017. The Courthouse capital expenditure was in the region of €4 million for each of the years; the unitary charge payments in relation to PPP for the Criminal Courts of Justice were in the region of €23 million in 2016 and just over €22 million in 2017.

The capital expenditure in relation to the Courts Regional Building PPP Projects commenced in 2017 and totalled almost €18.5 million including an up-front vat payment to the Revenue Commissioners.