Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the capital allocation for his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the areas in which this will be spent in each of these years, by particular projects and areas of investment. [12376/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the recently published National Development Plan 2018 - 2027, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will have capital allocations in the period 2019 – 2022, across its two Votes (Vote 27 - International Co-operation and Vote 28 – Foreign Affairs and Trade) as follows:

2019€17 million

2020€13 million

2021€13 million

2022€14 million

The Department has not yet been advised of its 2023 capital allocation.

As set out in the National Development Plan 2018-2027, the Department’s Strategic Capital Investment Priorities for the period 2018-2022 will be as follows:

- Further announcements as part of the Doubling Our Global Footprint Initiative;

- The Passport Reform Programme;

- Investment in ICT infrastructure, and

- Investment in the State’s Global Property Portfolio, including the development of Ireland Houses with the State Agencies and the relevant Embassy in strategic locations.

At this stage, the Department is not yet in a position to provide information by particular project or by location for each of the years 2019-2023.