Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 December 2013
310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis during the past five years. [52796/13]
View answerThe total capital expenditure by my Department from 2008 to the end of November 2013 is set out in the table. Generally, expenditure in my Department is not allocated at county or regional level.
Table: Capital Expenditure by Sector - 2008 to end November 2013
|
- |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 (end Nov) |
|
Sector |
€000s |
€000s |
€000s |
€000s |
€000s |
€000s |
|
Communications |
51,667 |
43,834 |
56,166 |
13,291 |
10,020 |
5,767 |
|
Broadcasting |
2,431 |
900 |
1,800 |
3,510 |
1,085 |
920 |
|
Energy |
30,975 |
71,179 |
95,583 |
98,252 |
69,816 |
40,439 |
|
Natural Resources |
12,727 |
8,244 |
8,596 |
6,698 |
7,059 |
5,866 |
|
Inland Fisheries |
1,453 |
1,253 |
1,457 |
1,242 |
1,273 |
4,259 |
|
IT Capital and Office Equipment. |
1,108 |
638 |
503 |
448 |
948 |
467 |
|
Totals |
100,361 |
126,048 |
164,105 |
123,441 |
90,201 |
57,718 |
While an overall breakdown is not available on a county or regional basis, the Deputy may wish to refer to Parliamentary Question Numbers 9969/13 of 26 February 2013 and 51729/13 of 3 December 2013 which gives regional breakdowns of expenditure on Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) Projects from 2004 onwards and the number of schools that avail of the 100Mbps to schools project respectively.
