Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 February 2019
226. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €7,953,000 capital allocation in maritime transport and safety within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6039/19]
View answerThe bulk of capital expenditure under the Maritime Transport and Safety area relates to programme spend by the Irish Coast Guard, including provision for a building programme, IT upgrades, vehicle and boat fleet renewal, pollution equipment and maintenance of telecommunications infrastructure. There is also provision for capital investment by the Commissioners of Irish Lights. A small capital provision covers IT and furniture for the administration of the area.
I have set out in tabular form any available information regarding projects that are ongoing. In most cases, the specific project costs are only determined once a tendering process has been completed and as such, it would not be appropriate to release estimated project costs in advance of the tendering process.
|
Programme |
Capital Allocation €m |
Project details |
Expected timeframe |
|
|
C3.1 |
Irish Coast Guard Capital |
6.480 |
IRCG Building programme including new builds in Greystones and Westport IRCG IT Programme, including development costs for new Volunteer Information System (VIMS) |
Ongoing (2021/22 for new builds) On-going (2020 for VIMS) |
|
C2.4 |
Maritime Transport Admin – Office Equipment |
0.730 |
IT and other office equipment |
Ongoing |
|
C2.5 |
Maritime Transport Admin – Office Premises Expenses |
0.043 |
Office furniture |
Ongoing |
|
C3.2 |
Commissioner for Irish Lights |
0.700 |
The €700k Capital allocation is to support CIL’S overall expected expenditure of over €2m in 2019 on the following projects Granuaile-Special Survey Dry Dock; Granuaile - Waterpipes replacement; Coastal Stations – Fastnet re-equipl; Lantern Room and first year of Blackrock Sligo re-equip; Coastal Monitoring Solution of Coastal AtoN |
Due for completion 2019 |
|
Total |
7.953 |
