Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 November 2010
194 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocated to his Department in 2010; the amount of the allocated funding that has been spent; the projects that have been allocated capital funding by his Department in 2010; the amount of allocated moneys spent in the case of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42072/10]
View answerMy Department's capital allocation for 2010 is €2,081,397,000. To date €1,306,191,287 of the total allocation has been spent.
Allocation and expenditure is broken down between the various subheads as follows:
|
Allocation for 2010 |
Expenditure to 9/11/2010 |
|
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
A5 Office Machinery |
635,000 |
254,562 |
|
B1 Road Improvement/Maintenance |
||
|
— National Roads |
1,114,000,000 |
719,680,654 |
|
— Regional and Local Roads |
300,000,000 |
197,680,858 |
|
B3 Road Safety Agencies |
1,000,000 |
250,000 |
|
B4 Vehicle and Driver Licensing Expenses |
1,500,000 |
302,812 |
|
B5 Smarter Travel/Carbon Reduction Measures |
23,000,000 |
2,304,206 |
|
C2 Public Transport Investment Programme |
614,988,000 |
382,874,734 |
|
D2 Regional Airports |
3,000,000 |
324,112 |
|
E1 Maritime Safety and Irish Coast Guard |
13,000,000 |
2,424,200 |
|
F3 Cross Border Initiatives |
10,274,000 |
95,145 |
In line with previous expenditure patterns it is expected that significant drawdown will occur in the remaining weeks. Indications from the agencies involved are that all allocations will be fully drawn down by year-end.
