Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2019
82. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has sent communication from his Department in recent months requesting the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to make budgetary savings in order to provide extra funding for the overspend in the national children’s hospital; and if so, if the correspondence will be published. [7301/19]
View answerMy Department has been engaging with the Department of Health and with other Departments, including the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, in relation to how the increased costs of the National Children's Hospital project in 2019 will be managed within the overall agreed capital allocation for 2019, in light of the multi-year management of the broad range of capital projects, amounting to upwards of €7 billion this year.
I am bringing proposals to Government in this regard and decisions will be announced in due course. The overall intention is to proceed with our very ambitious agenda of strategic infrastructure investment throughout the course of 2019 and subsequent years, with the minimum of disruption to the rollout and delivery of key projects.
