Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the new expenditure in the latest capital plan compared to the previous plan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9436/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the previous capital plan Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021, published in September 2015, provided gross voted capital expenditure allocations to Departments of €27 billion, covering the period 2016 – 2021. The new National Development Plan covers the period 2018 - 2027, providing gross voted capital expenditure allocations of €91 billion. Annual allocations under both plans are set out in the following table.

The allocation of gross voted capital expenditure in the 2015 Capital Plan, Building on Recovery was €19.2 billion over the period 2018 – 2021. The National Development Plan allocates €29.6 billion over the same period, an increase of €10.4 billion.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the forecast capital spend in each of the next five years; the components of this spend, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9437/18]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years. [9524/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 211 together.

My Department's capital allocation for the years 2018 to 2022 is outlined in the following table.

In this period, capital expenditure by the Department will be principally invested by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to support the implementation of the Public Service ICT Strategy, as well as to invest in the Department's own IT infrastructure. In addition, some capital has been allocated in the 2018 Revised Estimates to complete the E-Cohesion project (€85,000) and to invest in the Civil Service Learning and Development learning management system (€1.6 million).

For sectoral allocations throughout Government, I can refer the Deputy to Annex 1 of the recently published National Development Plan.