Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014
237. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €540 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 is expected to go towards construction related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on any of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/14]
View answerI am assuming that the question refers to large scale construction projects, although the Deputy will appreciate that there is a significant construction element in the Additional Accommodation and Prefab Replacement Schemes and to a lesser extent on the Summer Works and Emergency Works Schemes. Expenditure in the order of €275m is expected to arise on large scale projects in the school sector in 2014 while the full capital allocation of over €34m will be expended in the Higher Education sector principally on the DIT Grangegorman and the St Patrick's Teacher Training College, Drumcondra projects.
The school projects to be funded in 2014 are included in the 29 November 2013 announcement of 70 large scale projects scheduled to commence in 2014 together with 70 on-going large scale projects as well as the 28 large scale projects announced under the "Investing in Infrastructure and Jobs" package in June 2013.
While details of all large scale projects continues to be maintained and updated on my Department's website, I can inform the Deputy that over 30 large scale projects have commenced on site to date this year.
