Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 October 2019
354. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the impact the spending overruns on the national children's hospital have had on the capital expenditure on housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44019/19]
View answerThe overall capital provision for my Department next year as set out in Budget 2020 is €2.226 billion, an increase of €102 million on the 2019 provision. The capital provision for the Housing Programme will increase to €1.529 billion in 2020 (including Local Property Tax receipts of €76 million), an increase of €118 million on the comparable 2019 provision.
In 2019, an updated profiling of expenditure under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund indicated that €13 million could be re-profiled from 2019 to future years, without causing delays to projects, in order to help meet the increased costs of the National Children’s Hospital. Some €130 million (including €33.5 million in capital carryover from 2019) has been provided for the Fund in Budget 2020 to support transformative regeneration and rejuvenation projects in the cities and larger towns.
