Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20448/18]

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's capital allocation for projects under way and projects already tendered or committed to spending contractually. [20465/18]

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022 disaggregated according to capital allocated to projects under way, projects contractually committed to and projects yet to be initiated. [20482/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 to 134, inclusive, together.

My Department’s capital allocation for the years 2018 to 2022 is as follows:

2018 - €745m

2019 - €941m

2020 - €942m

2021 - €1,006m

2022 - €1,100m

The capital funding available to my Department for the years 2018 to 2021 has been allocated across the various sectors as set out in the table.

The National Development Plan signalled a capital allocation of €1.1 billion for the Department of Education and Skills in 2022. However, this total has not yet been allocated across individual capital subheads.

Typically, expenditure on large-scale projects and the devolved projects under the Additional Accommodation Scheme accounts for up to 80% of the capital allocation available to the school sector annually. 

The Department’s website includes a list of all large-scale projects being delivered under the school building programme and the current status of each project from project brief to construction stages.  Projects are listed in county order and the list will be updated on a monthly basis with the next update to be done by 31 May 2018.

The Department’s website also includes a list of all projects being delivered on a devolved basis under the Additional Accommodation Scheme.  Projects are listed in county order and the list will be updated on a weekly basis.

Capital funding in the Higher Education sector will increase significantly from 2019 onwards and consideration of projects for delivery within the sector is now underway. Among the projects being funded in 2018 are the Confucius project in UCD and works on the DCU St Patricks Campus.

Likewise, capital funding for the Further Education sector also increases from 2019 onwards and projects for delivery have yet to be confirmed.

Public Private Partnership (PPP) commitments, including Unitary Charge payments, arise over the period 2018-22 in relation to nine existing PPP contracts.  These contracts are as follows: Pilot Schools, Schools Bundles 1-5, National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork School of Music and DIT Grangegorman.  As outlined in the attached table, the total allocation for education PPPs over the period 2018-2021 is currently over €440m.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS

CAPITAL PROVISION 2018-2021