Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 21 Nov 2001

Vol. 544 No. 4

Written Answers. - Capital Expenditure.

Billy Timmins

Question:

111 Mr. Timmins asked the Taoiseach the amount of capital expenditure by his Department from 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. [29271/01]

The Taoiseach:

Capital expenditure by the Department of the Taoiseach from July 1997 to 1 November 2001 is displayed in the following table:

Year	Nature of Capital Expenditure	Total Capital Expenditure£ -	Capital Expenditure in Co Wicklow£ -
1997
(1 July-31 December)	Island Development (Grant towards the repair of a pier-slipway for Inishfree Island, Co Donegal)	£16,461 – 20,901	–
1999	Millennium Project Funding	£402,075 – 510,530	–
2000	Campus and Stadium Ireland Development	£569,682 – 723,347	–
	Millennium Project Funding	£6,024,904 – 7,650,050	£222,397 – 282,386
	Media Lab Europe	£14,000,000 – 17,776,333	–
2001
(1 January-1 November)	Millennium Project Funding	£4,224,148 – 5,363,562	£54,888 – 69,693

As part of the millennium celebrations, my Department made a millennium award of £1,600,000 or 2,031,581 to the people's millennium forests project. The flagship project will restore Irish woodlands with native species. Fourteen forests were chosen including Ballygannon Wood, Rathdrum, County Wicklow, and Shelton Abbey, Arklow, County Wicklow.