Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2026
336. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide respectively the Departmental gross voted capital allocations for 2026 following the Revised Estimates; the cause of the divergence from the allocations in the revised NDP or in Budget 2026; and if he will provide the proposed 2027 gross voted allocations, in tabular form. [68164/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraDepartmental capital expenditure ceilings for the period 2026-2030 were set out in the National Development Plan (NDP) Review which was published in July 2025. The NDP Review detailed a total gross voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2026 of €19.1 billion, €18.8 billion of which was assigned to Departments at that stage. These NDP capital allocations form the basis of the Revised Estimates gross voted capital amounts for 2026. A number of adjustments were made to the Departmental capital ceilings as part of the Estimates process. These primarily relate to:
Allocation of €0.2 billion of Shared Island Fund, which was unallocated in the NDP review
Allocation of €0.1 billion of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which was unallocated in the NDP review
Transfers of capital funding between Votes related to the Just Transition Fund
Other additional capital allocations from temporary funding in 2026 relating to EU Presidency and RePowerEU
Details are set out in the General Note of the Revised Estimates 2026 available at: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/collections/the-revised-estimates-volumes-for-the-public-service/#2026.
For 2027, the NDP sets out €20.3 billion for gross voted capital expenditure, of which €20.1 billion was assigned at Department level with €0.2 billion of Shared Island to be allocated. Departmental allocations, as published in NDP, are set out in the table below.
|
Vote Group / Department |
NDP 2026 |
REV 2026 |
Reason for Change |
NDP 2027 |
|
|
€ m |
€ m |
€ m |
€m |
|
Agriculture |
315 |
337 |
RePowerEU Allocation |
325 |
|
Children |
138 |
138 |
|
175 |
|
Climate |
850 |
835 |
Just Transition Fund reduction for transfers to other Departments. ERDF and Shared Island Allocations |
1,049 |
|
Culture |
701 |
725 |
Shared Island Fund Allocation |
450 |
|
Defence |
300 |
300 |
|
340 |
|
DFA |
40 |
40 |
|
40 |
|
DSP |
17 |
17 |
|
26 |
|
Education |
1,600 |
1,659 |
RePowerEU and Shared Island Allocations |
1,600 |
|
Enterprise |
680 |
762 |
Just Transition Fund, ERDF and Shared Island Allocations |
710 |
|
FHERIS |
810 |
841 |
ERDF and Shared Island Fund Allocation |
925 |
|
Finance |
24 |
24 |
|
23 |
|
Health |
1,560 |
1,560 |
|
1,720 |
|
Housing |
7,246 |
7,351 |
Just Transition Fund, ERDF and Shared Island Allocations |
7,421 |
|
Justice |
390 |
390 |
|
430 |
|
PER |
402 |
414 |
EU Presidency Allocation |
380 |
|
Rural |
273 |
273 |
Shared Island Fund Allocation |
273 |
|
Taoiseach |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
Transport |
3,430 |
3,440 |
RePowerEU and Shared Island Allocations |
4,175 |
|
Total |
18,776 |
19,106 |
|
20,062 |
