Vol. 544 No. 4
168 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the amount of capital expenditure which was spent by his Department since July 1997 to 1 November 2001; the percentage of this which was spent in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29276/01]
Capital expenditure which includes buildings, office machinery and communications and information technology equipment totalling £85 million has been spent by my Department from July 1997 to 1 November 2001.
Expenditure on the barrack reinvestment programme accounted for £36.5 million while expenditure on the normal building programme was £41 million with investment in County Wicklow accounting for 5% of this latter total. Details are sent out in the following tabular statement:
|
Project |
Contract Date |
Price |
|
Refurbishment of Anti-Armour Range – Glen of Imaal |
19 August 1997 |
£217,800.16 |
|
Site Investigation Battle Inoculation Range – Glen of Imaal |
4 August 2000 |
£36,727.36 |
|
New Cookhouse and Dining Complex – Coolmoney Camp |
9 February 1998 |
£737,317.29 |
|
Installation of Gate Grids and Gates – Coolmoney Camp |
10 October 1997 |
£13,443.75 |
|
Resheeting of Huts – Coolmoney Camp |
26 February 1998 |
£140,874.36 |
|
External Painting – Coolmoney Camp |
5 October 1998 |
£54,886.50 |
|
Environmental Works – including Coolmoney Camp |
6 January 1999 |
£120,232.42 |
|
Refurbishment of Huts – Coolmoney Camp |
21 February 2001 |
£563,599.40 |
|
New Shower Block – Coolmoney Camp |
6 February 2001 |
£130,986.04 |
|
Additional Shower Block |
2 October 2001 |
£130,609.21 |
|
Total |
£2,146,476.49 |
