Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital allocation for his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the areas in which this funding will be spent in each of these years; and the particular projects and particular areas of investment in this regard. [16098/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The capital allocation for the Justice Votes Group over the period 2019 to 2022, as published in the recent National Development Plan, is as follows (details for 2023 are yet to be finalised):

The precise breakdown of the budget across the votes and various projects will be dependent on the outcome of procurement competitions and the timing of expenditure but in broad terms the funding will mainly be allocated to the following areas: 

- Construction of the new Forensic Science Laboratory;

- Garda Síochána Building and Refurbishment Programme including replacement of the Harcourt Street Complex;

- Garda ICT Programme including completion of the implementation of Schengen Information system,

- Continuing Investment in the Garda Fleet;

- Prisons, Courts and Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service ICT investment;

- Prison Building Programme including the redevelopment of Limerick Prison; 

- New or refurbished courthouses in a number of regional cities and county towns.