Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 December 2013
566. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over the past five years. [52806/13]
View answerThe capital expenditure budget for my Department is broken down into 5 main programmes. Expenditure on these programmes over the past five years is set out in table following.
The National Roads Authority is responsible for the national roads programme and I have asked the NRA to provide the Deputy with relevant information on the roads programme over the period in question.
Details of grant payments to county councils under the Regional and Local Roads programme are outlined in the regional and local road grant payment booklets which are available in the Dáil Library.
This Department provides funding to both Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority (NTA) for public transport infrastructure projects and programmes. This funding is not provided on a regional or county basis, instead it is provided for these specific projects and programmes. Many of these programmes, such as the Railway Safety Programme, relate to the entire network. Noting this, I have referred the Deputy’s Question to both the NTA and Iarnród Éireann for direct reply.
Details on Sports Capital Programme allocations in 2012 and in previous years are available on my Department's website, http://www.dttas.ie/sport/english/sports-capital-programme-payments .
My Department also provides capital funding for regional airports, the harbours programme and the Irish Coast Guard SAR helicopters, I will forward details of the allocations over the last five years under these programmes .
Under the tourism programme, the funding provided for this purpose is voted by the Oireachtas for the use of Fáilte Ireland. I have asked Fáilte Ireland to reply to the Deputy directly with the information sought.
|
Programme
|
2008(€000) |
2009(€000) |
2010(€000) |
2011(€000) |
2012(€000) |
|
Aviation
|
9,024 |
4,715 |
1,290 |
4,751 |
4,012 |
|
Maritime Transport |
7,631 |
7,245 |
19,669 |
15,740 |
10,574 |
|
Land Transport |
2,963,891 |
2,373,749 |
2,039,678 |
1,425,615 |
1,155,274 |
|
Sports |
185,675 |
75,764 |
58,962 |
33,607 |
24,999 |
|
Tourism |
15,670 |
6,461 |
11,000 |
15,790 |
21,000 |
Noting the above position, please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.
