Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital budget allocation for heritage sites under the remit of the OPW in each of the years of 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37608/21]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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OPW receives an annual allocation of voted funds to cover a wide range of capital projects across its entire portfolio of properties.  The annual total allocation is given below, together with the capital expenditure on heritage sites for each year.  The total expenditure for 2021 will not be known until end of year.  

For clarity, it should be noted that this expenditure relates to capital works projects only and the following is excluded:

- cost of ongoing maintenance of estate, buildings or historic fabric

- operational costs such as staff wages, light and heat and other consumables etc.

It should also be noted that COVID-19 limitations had a substantial impact on the undertaking of works in 2020 and 2021.