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Departmental Expenditure.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

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Joe McHugh

Question:

455 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties. [35389/08]

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My Department is engaged in an on-going capital building programme designed to modernise and enhance the training, operational and accommodation facilities available to the Defence Forces both Permanent and Reserve. The programme focuses mainly on infrastructural projects comprising the construction of new buildings and the refurbishment of existing buildings. Given the extensive effort involved in compiling the information in the requested format and the time available, it has not been possible to give a detailed breakdown by county as far back as 1997. However my Department can provide this information from 2004 onwards.

The table below outlines the amount spent on capital projects over €500,000 in each county, each year from January 2004 to December 2007. Only counties that have had capital expenditure are listed.

Capital Expenditure per County: January 2004 to December 2007

County

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

€m

€m

€m

€m

€m

Cork

590,101

6,872,220

5,139,136

879,028

13,480,575

Donegal

1,044,622

485,765

1,503,387

Dublin

4,189,903

2,204,153

6,027,448

214,514

12,636,018

Galway

2,227,070

1,556,563

3,783,633

Kildare

1,740,362

4,808,446

3,543,012

951,036

11,042,856

Limerick

964,857

2,060,809

3,025,666

Louth

530,276

1,348,006

1,878,282

Monaghan

1,135,900

1,135,900

Westmeath

3,152,949

5,027,332

1,371,000

153,740

9,705,021

Total

€58,191,336

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