Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific projects which will receive the €241 million in capital funding allocated in 2019; the amount each project will receive of the €241 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31295/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that a precise breakdown of the €241 million allocation is not yet complete.

A number of the projects earmarked for expenditure in 2019 are currently at design / procurement stage of the project life cycle. The precise breakdown of the budget across various projects or programmes will be dependent on final design and the outcome of associated procurement competitions.

Pending final design and procurement the following major areas are earmarked for funding:

- 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.