Written answers
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Capital Expenditure Programme
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected capital spend in 2023, broken down by core and non-core and what it represents as a percentage share of Total Government spending and core spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45864/23]
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected capital spend in 2024, broken down by core and non-core and what it represents as a percentage share of total Government spending and core spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45871/23]
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected capital spend in 2025; what it is projected to represent as a percentage share of total Government spending and core spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45865/23]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 to 181, inclusive, together.
As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery, and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Over the lifetime of this NDP out to 2030, the government is investing €165 billion in new and upgraded infrastructure that will meet the needs of our growing population. This year alone over €12 billion will be invested from the Exchequer in vital infrastructure projects. The NDP includes agreed Exchequer allocations for each Department for a five year period (2021 to 2025) and the overall capital expenditure ceilings out to 2030.
The following table sets out total allocated capital expenditure as a percentage of total current and capital expenditure for the period 2023 – 2025. Total allocated capital expenditure is as set out in the National Development Plan 2021-30. Additional capital expenditure of €0.25 billion is also included for 2024 along with an additional €0.75 billion in 2025 from windfall exchequer receipts, to be allocated to critical infrastructure projects that are at an advanced stage.
Year | Total Capital €,m | Of which Core €,m | Of which non-Core €,m | Capital as % of Total Current and Capital Spending |
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2023 | 12,100 | 11,566 | 534 | 13.0% |
2024 | 13,103 | 12,560 | 543 | 13.6% |
2025 | 14,352 | 13,442 | 910 | 14.8% |
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