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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 27 Jan 1972

Vol. 258 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Capital Expenditure.

28.

asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of public capital expenditure for the years 1958 to 1971 on the basis set out in Appendix II of the NIEC report on Full Employment together with a classification of types of public capital expenditure.

As the breakdown required by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

Breakdown and Classification of Public Capital Expenditure (£s million).

Sector

Year

Economic

Infra-Structure

Social

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

1958

4.3

0.6

1959

4.8

0.9

1960

4.6

0.9

1961

4.9

0.9

1962

5.4

1.5

1963

6.5

1.6

1964

8.3

1.5

1965

9.3

1.1

1966

10.2

1.0

1967

11.8

1.1

1968

13.0

1.1

1969

15.2

1.2

1970

16.0

1.4

1971

23.7

1.0

Transportable Goods Industries

1958

5.4

1959

5.6

1960

6.9

1961

9.8

1962

11.3

1963

12.7

1964

12.2

1965

12.2

1966

11.2

1967

12.5

1968

17.8

1969

27.0

1970

33.4

1971

48.8

Electricity, Gas, Water

1958

5.8

1959

5.8

1960

5.6

1961

5.9

1962

9.8

1963

13.8

1964

13.8

1965

12.8

1966

13.6

1967

14.5

1968

18.8

1969

20.3

1970

23.5

1971

24.8

Transport and Communications

1958

12.7

1959

11.8

1960

16.9

1961

16.1

1962

15.9

1963

18.8

1964

25.5

1965

26.1

1966

25.2

1967

27.7

1968

37.2

1969

51.7

1970

52.9

1971

47.8

Dwellings

1958

6.5

1959

7.8

1960

9.3

1961

10.0

1962

11.5

1963

12.5

1964

15.9

1965

20.2

1966

23.1

1967

26.1

1968

29.4

1969

32.3

1970

34.3

1971

39.1

Other Service Industries (including Construction)

1958

3.9

0.3

1959

3.6

0.3

1960

0.1

3.7

0.6

1961

0.1

4.7

0.9

1962

0.4

6.0

0.7

1963

0.5

9.1

1.0

1964

0.5

10.6

1.8

1965

0.5

11.9

2.4

1966

0.7

9.6

3.1

1967

1.0

12.2

3.6

1968

1.8

16.9

3.3

1969

2.2

19.9

2.9

1970

2.7

20.5

3.7

1971

3.8

21.9

3.9

Sector

Year

Economic£ m

Percentage of Total%

Infra-Structural£ m

Percentage of Total%

Social£ m

Percentage of Total%

Totals

1958

9.7

25

22.9

58

6.8

17

1959

10.4

26

22.2

55

8.1

20

1960

11.5

24

27.1

56

9.8

20

1961

14.7

28

27.6

52

10.8

20

1962

17.1

27

33.1

53

12.2

19

1963

19.7

26

43.2

57

13.6

18

1964

21.0

23

51.3

57

17.7

20

1965

22.1

23

51.9

54

22.6

23

1966

22.1

23

49.3

51

26.3

27

1967

25.3

23

55.5

50

29.7

27

1968

32.6

23

74.1

53

32.7

23

1969

44.4

26

93.1

54

35.3

20

1970

52.0

28

98.3

52

38.0

20

1971

76.3

36

95.5

44

43.0

20

NOTES:

1. The classification used differs slightly from that used in Appendix 11 of the NIEC report on Full Employment. A review of the appropriateness of this classification was undertaken in the course of preparatory work for the Third Programme and improvements were made in some sectors. However, the amounts involved do not affect the distribution of expenditure significantly. It is stressed that in assigning expenditure in this way arbitrary distinctions are unavoidable and alternative classifications are possible.

2. The aim has been to exclude so far as possible expenditure on all items not regarded as forming part of capital formation on national accounting definitions. With the exception of capital expenditure on improvement of roads only expenditures forming part of the public capital programme have been included. The figures relate to financial years.

3. For 1971/72, the figures given are the April budget estimates as amended for (i) extra allocations announced in the Budget speech (ii) the increases announced in the Dáil on 27th October, 1971, and (iii) the increased allocation for the Agricultural Credit Corporation announced by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries through the Government Information Bureau on 1st December, 1971.

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