Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2015
497. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure on primary education in County Meath in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the expected outturn for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40001/15]
View answer498. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure on post-primary education in County Meath in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the expected outturn for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40002/15]
View answer499. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expected capital expenditure on primary education in County Meath over the course of the Government’s capital investment plan 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40003/15]
View answer500. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expected capital expenditure on post-primary education in County Meath over the course of the Government’s capital investment plan 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40004/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 497 to 500, inclusive, together.
Capital expenditure incurred in the primary and post-primary sectors in the years 2011 to date in 2015 in County Meath is as follows:
2011 - €22.0 million
2012 - €19.9 million
2013 - €41.2 million
2014 - €24.0 million
2015 - €28.2 million
I refer the Deputy to my statement on 29 September 2015 on the announcement of the Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021.
Over the next six years some €3.8 billion in direct funding will be invested in education projects. An additional €200 million in PPP funding over the life time of the capital programme will result in more than €4 billion in public investment.
As the investment in the primary and post-primary sectors over the period 2016-2021 will involve the provision of permanent school places under the Large Scale Projects Programme, the Additional Accommodation Programme and the Prefab Replacement Initiative as well as expenditure on site acquisitions, ICT investment, summer works schemes, emergency works and the issue of the minor works grant as well as other smaller programmes, it is not possible over such a range of activities to determine likely expenditure on a county basis.
