177 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the projects which were earmarked for 2006 which had an underspend in that year; the amount of the underspend in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9024/07]

The 2006 capital outturn figure for the Office of Public Works (Vote 10), in respect of an allocation of €309.65m is €253.935m. The difference in allocation and outturn is €55.715m. Of this amount €30.965m is the capital allocation which OPW was allowed carry forward from 2006 to 2007. To a large extent the capital carry forward allocation relates to projects which have a contractual commitment which arose in 2006 but for which the projected cashflow is slower than anticipated. This is not unusual and to a certain extent is why the capital carry forward provisions were introduced.

The remainder of the difference between the allocation and outturn, amounting to €24,750 relates to projects which were expected to be contractually committed in 2006. It is anticipated that in certain of these, progress will be made in 2007. The programmes and projects include: