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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 June 2005

Thursday, 30 June 2005

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Eamon Gilmore

Question:

424 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the total amount spent by the State in public transport over the past five years, broken down by year and by project; the total amount spent on road building by the State for each year in the past five years; and the number and percentage of cars here that are either electric or hybrid electric. [23919/05]

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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.

Project

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Total

€m

€m

€m

€m

€m

€m

Road Improvement

622.2

908.2

1,083.5

1,169.4

1,178.9

4,962.2

Luas

71

127

127

129

130

584

Railway Safety

123.86

148.45

127.16

103.94

86.71

590.12

Rolling Stock

23.56

5.59

62.52

88.28

76.25

256.2

Iarnród Éireann Projects

5.83

21.82

42.87

82.4

79.55

232.47

Dublin Bus Projects

22.53

22.06

28.01

12.69

5.01

90.3

Bus Éireann Projects

6.48

19.9

2.81

9.57

3.33

42.09

Other Public Transport Projects

0

0

0

5.49

9.49

14.98

Accessibility

0

0

2.1

2.48

3

7.58

Integrated Ticketing

0

0

0.35

1.87

3.61

5.83

Rural Transport Initiative

0

0.17

3

3

3

9.17

Transport Interchanges

0

0

0

0.12

0.78

0.9

Research

0

0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.4

Traffic Management

18.12

23.48

15.04

18.72

27.9

103.26

The position on electric or hybrid electric cars is set out below.

Type of Fuel

2002

2003

2004

Electric

70(0.0038%)

88(0.0045%)

90(0.0044%)

Petrol/Electric

8(0.0004%)

12(0.0006%)

248(0.0122%)

Total Vehicles

1,850,046

1,937,429

2,036,307

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