Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2013
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the capital budget for 2013, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volumes published on 17 April 2013, has been set at €3,096,467,000 which represents a reduction of €339m from the plan of €3.435bn set out in December 2012 when Budget 2013 was unveiled. [20031/13]
View answer264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will estimate the number of jobs that will not now be created in 2013 or which will not be saved in 2013 as a result of the decision published by him in the Revised Estimates Volumes on 17 April 2013 which showed capital spending in 2013 of €3,096,467,000 which represents a reduction of €339 million from the plan of €3.435 billion set out in December 2012 when budget 2013 was unveiled. [20032/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 264 together.
The gross capital budget for 2013, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume published on 17 April 2013, is €3.431bn. This figure represents a small reduction (€4m) to the allocation as set out in Budget 2013 which is mainly due to some minor technical adjustments. The figure of €3.096bn which the Deputy refers to represents the net capital allocation for 2013 i.e. the gross figure less capital appropriations in aid. As the capital allocation published in the Revised Estimates differs only slightly from that published in Budget 2013, it is not expected that there will be any resulting significant change to the number of jobs to be created or sustained by the level of Exchequer investment in public infrastructure in 2013.
