Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
431 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €13.1 billion capital expenditure projected to be spent over the next four years that is already committed to projects currently underway; and the proportion that will be spent on new projects. [19166/12]
View answerThe Exchequer capital allocation for the next four years amounts to just under €13.9 billion, including an additional €39m recently agreed to build a new children's detention facility at Oberstown. Approximately €4.2 billion of this is required to finish out existing contractual commitments. This figure does not include capital commitments that relate to the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation and its agencies. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation will be able to provide details of commitments in this area as they become available. The balance will be used for new projects. Details of capital expenditure programmes are a matter for the individual Ministers concerned.
