Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 April 2017
217. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of extra capital expenditure announced in budget 2017, ignoring the €2.2 billion allocated to housing, which constitute the projects and Departments this money has been allocated to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17360/17]
View answerEstimates 2017 contained an allocation of Gross Voted Capital Expenditure of €4.5bn. This represents an increase of almost €500m on the outturn for 2016. The increased capital allocation for each Vote Group comparing the 2017 allocation to the provisional outturn for 2016 is set out in the following table.
|
Ministerial Vote Group |
Increase in Gross Voted Capital 2017 |
|
Agriculture, Food & the Marine |
79 |
|
Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
4 |
|
Children & Youth Affairs |
3 |
|
Communications, Climate Change & Natural Resources |
74 |
|
Finance Group |
3 |
|
Foreign Affairs and Trade Group |
4 |
|
Health Group |
36 |
|
Housing, Planning & Local Government |
238 |
|
Jobs, Enterprise, & Innovation |
8 |
|
Justice Group |
35 |
|
Public Expenditure & Reform Group |
10 |
Note: Rounding may affect totals
Information on the planned utilisation of Departmental capital allocations can be found in the Expenditure Report 2017 published at www.budget.gov.ie. Detailed information on the up-to-date position of any Department's capital expenditure programmes and projects under the Capital Plan can be obtained directly from the Department concerned.
