Written answers

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Capital Expenditure Programme

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of pre-committed capital expenditure for each of the years 2021 to 2026, inclusive, disaggregated by Department, outlining the amount of spending allocated, in tabular form. [8773/21]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, capital allocations for 2021 were set out in the Revised Estimate Volume and referred to the relevant Select Committees by the Dáil on the 16thof December 2020 (see Departmental capital allocations for 2021 in the table below). Indicative overall expenditure ceilings for 2022 and 2023 were also laid in the Oireachtas Library in 2020, pursuant to the requirement in the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013, for the Government to decide on a Government Expenditure Ceiling for the following three financial years.

As you will be aware, I have commenced a review of the National Development Plan (NDP) which is currently being progressed. The review will focus on how Project Ireland 2040 can further support the delivery of the policy priorities in the Programme for Government. The NDP Review will also focus on balanced regional growth and alignment with Ireland's spatial strategy.

The review will also establish agreed capital allocations for Departments over a five year rolling period and set the overall capital aggregate allocations over a ten year period.

2021 Allocation €,m
Agriculture, Food and the Marine 299,293
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 32,100
Communications, Climate Action & Environment 579,178
Defence 131,000
Education 740,433
Enterprise, Trade & Employment 558,147
Finance Group 34,000
Foreign Affairs Group 13,000
Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science 500,096
Health 1,048,250
Housing, Local Government & Heritage 2,766,400
Justice Group 258,307
Public Expenditure and Reform Group 222,262
Rural & Community Development 168,644
Social Protection 16,000
Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht, and Media 185,924
Transport 2,527,500
Total 10,080,534

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