Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018
553. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital funding allocated for the national broadband plan in budgets 2013 to 2019; the projected allocation for capital expenditure for the national broadband plan in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43857/18]
View answer554. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated for the national broadband plan in budgets in each of the years 2013 to 2019; the projected allocation for current expenditure for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43858/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 554 together.
Capital allocation for the NBP in each year from 2013 to 2018 is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
NBP Capital Allocation |
|
2013 |
€0.5M |
|
2014 |
€1.3M |
|
2015 |
€4.1M |
|
2016 |
€10M |
|
2017 |
€15M |
|
2018 |
€15M |
There was no current funding allocation.
With regard to the capital budget for 2019, funding for the NBP will be provided from within the overall funding envelope of €87 million for the Communications Programme in Budget 2019, with individual programme allocations still to be finalised and published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services.
