Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 October 2012
314. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will to confirm that the N2 A5 project does not form part of the St Andrew's Agreement and to also confirm that the only funding that he is committed to providing to this project is 25 million in 2015 and 25 million in 2016 for a section of the A5 situated in Northern Ireland. [45242/12]
View answerThe N2-A5 project does not form part of the St Andrew's Agreement. Following on from the Agreement and in the context of the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive, an investment package including a roads element, was agreed. The A5 project was part of that package.
At the NSMC Plenary meeting, on 8th November 2011, Ministers noted that the provision of further funding by the Irish Government for the A5 road was being deferred but that the Irish Government will provide £25m per annum in 2015 and 2016 towards the project. At the subsequent June 2012 NSMC Plenary meeting, it was noted that the N.I. Executive had announced an investment package of major roads including two sections of the A5 project. In addition, it was noted that the Irish Government remains committed to the completion of the co-funded A5 project which is of strategic importance to the North West Region and the island as a whole but that the Government is not in a position to make funding commitments for the period post-2016 in advance of its consideration of the next capital review framework. The NSMC plenary approved a funding implementation plan for the A5 project to the end of 2016 which incorporated the £50m committed by the Irish Government.
