The capital commitments for the North Eastern Health Board for this year include a wide range of project and other initiatives across all health care programme areas. These commitments relate to ongoing initiatives that carried forward into 2000 from previous years and new approvals that have been issued in the current year.
Given the extent of the programme, and the fact that most of the minor capital expenditure is administered on a global rather than an itemised basis by my Department, it is not practical for me to list each project currently within the board's approved capital programme. However, the major capital initiatives approved by my Department for which expenditure is expected this year are as follows: