Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend by his Department to date in 2019 including the capital carry over from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead including the capital carry over from 2018 provided for in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/19]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Further Revised Estimates for 2019 in respect of the Department of Rural and Community Development provides for gross capital expenditure of €138 million. There was no carryover from 2018 as the provision was fully utilised.

€76.3 million of my Department's capital allocation has been spent to date. I have set out expenditure allocations by subhead, and the respective spend to 16 October, in the following table.

Gross capital expenditure to the end of September, the most recent period that can be compared to profiled expenditure, is slightly ahead of the profile estimated at the start of the year. As is usual for capital projects, the majority of claims for payment will be made in the final quarter of the year as projects progress to completion and capital grant approvals are drawn down. 

Continued close monitoring of expenditure is a matter of significant priority so as to ensure full use of our allocated resources, and that value for money is delivered in respect of our funding.

Capital Expenditure to 16 October