I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 168 together.
The Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, is currently developing proposals for extensions of the Luas to the docklands and Cherrywood. This work includes consultation, design and route planning. A particular feature of the work concerns the issue of private sector funding captured through levies, provided for under planning legislation, from developers who own land along a proposed route. My Department is awaiting business plans from the RPA in order to assist in its evaluation of both Luas extensions.
The RPA has also received and considered a preliminary analysis of the feasibility and cost of linking both lines in the city centre and a more detailed proposal is now being prepared for consideration by the RPA board before its submission to my Department.