Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 October 2012
111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 on 2 October 2012, if he has produced plans with the objective of cutting the actual amount spent under the 2012 infrastructure and capital spend budget. [43754/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe five year capital Exchequer framework was published in "Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Medium Term Exchequer Framework" last November. There are presently no plans to revise the capital Framework further.
The actual roll-out of capital expenditure is a matter for line Departments, operating within the delegated sanction arrangements issued by my Department that cover not only capital investment this year but contractual commitments for the next three years.
While capital expenditure was 13.6% behind profile at the end of September this is not unusual as, unlike current, capital expenditure tends to occur in large tranches at fixed milestones. Departments have not indicated any significant savings by year end and so I expect capital expenditure to fall generally within profile by that time.
