Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm the total voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2025 has now increased to €17.1bn; if not, the additional revised estimates which still have to be passed by the Oireachtas; where the increased capital allocation has been provided and for the purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Summer Economic Statement (SES) was published in July and set out a revised capital ceiling of €17.1 billion, an uplift of €2.2 billion over the original capital ceiling for 2025. This increase in the capital ceiling allows for planned additional spending for 2025 to fund in-year decisions and to further support the delivery of key social and economic priorities.

Of the €2.2 billion of capital funding being provided in 2025, it is estimated that approximately €1.7 billion is required for decisions taken to date this year with respect to:

• Progressing a number of social and affordable housing projects in the Department of Housing
• Supporting school building projects in the Department of Education
• Purchase of CityWest by the Department of Justice