Capital Expenditure Programme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 June 2018

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Ceisteanna (270)

Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

270. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the housing capital budget to 2008 levels. [27307/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

The 2018 capital provision for housing is €1.141 billion.  The cost of increasing the capital provision to the 2008 expenditure level is €375 million. 

The total housing budget for 2018 is €1.9 billion compared with expenditure of €1.7 billion in 2008.