# Capital Spending

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# Health Row

'They'd have announced a new hinge on a door': Not everyone is impressed with the €11 billion plan for health

“If a new hinge was to be put on a hospital door they’d nearly have announced it.”

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Feb 16th 2018, 7:30 PM

# Capital Spending

Why did Europe delay a report that criticised Ireland until after the election?

It says it did not want to be seen to be interfering.

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Mar 1st 2016, 3:15 PM

Voices

Aaron McKenna: Without proper investment in defences, we might as well abandon flood zones

There’s money for capital spending to defend our most vulnerable cities from flooding – the trouble is the government wants to toss it down the drain to keep a few seats in Leinster House.

Feb 8th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Capital Spending

Another €150 million added to Government's economic stimulus plan

The extra money will go toward school projects, road maintenance and repairs, and retrofitting for local authority houses.

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Jun 5th 2013, 3:32 PM

# Stimulus

New DIT campus at Grangegorman to be part of €2bn stimulus package

Schools, healthcare and roads are also likely to benefit from measures being announced by the government later today.

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Jul 17th 2012, 8:44 AM

Voices

Column: We need to stop taking money out of people’s pockets

Yes, we’ve got a deficit to deal with – but making ordinary consumers pay is hurting the wider economy as well as our wallets, writes Aaron McKenna.

Mar 6th 2012, 7:30 AM

# Roads

North to go ahead with road project axed by Irish government

Construction could begin in September on portions of the A5 route, which was meant to link Monaghan and Derry.

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Feb 14th 2012, 4:12 PM

# Budget 2012

Unemployment group welcomes Budget’s freeze for welfare rates

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed welcomes Fergus O’Dowd’s assurance that welfare rates will not be cut.

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Nov 14th 2011, 12:58 PM

# Spending Cuts

Children's Hospital to go ahead but Metro North and DART underground shelved

The government’s capital expenditure announcements also included the news that the linking of the Luas lines will go ahead.

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Nov 10th 2011, 2:05 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

Liveblog: Capital spending announcement

Join us from 12 noon when we’ll be liveblogging the major goverment speech on capital spending with details on plans for projects such as Metro North, Thornton Hall and DIT.

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Nov 10th 2011, 11:53 AM