Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2016
1167. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants for smarter travel made available to Dublin city over each of the past five years for which records are available and to provide a breakdown of same. [9887/16]
View answerDublin City Council received €5.5m under the Smarter Travel programme towards the development of the Dublin City Premium Cycle Route ( Grand Canal Route) which was completed in 2012. A sum of €58,000 was also granted to the Council in 2011 for the development of walking and cycling promotion measures for the Drimnagh/Crumlin area. In addition, since 2011 a total sum of €110,275 has been awarded from the Smarter Travel budget to support Bike Week events in the Dublin City Council area.
In addition to funding under Smarter Travel, funding is also provided by the Department to the National Transport Authority (NTA) for capital projects under the Sustainable Transport Measures Grants (STMG) Programme. This rolling programme of measures facilitates investment in various QBCs, cycling/walking, safety and traffic management projects throughout the seven local authority areas in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA).
In the region of €170 million has been provided by my Department to the NTA for the STMG Programme in the GDA since 2011, including funding for the dublinbikes expansion programme. In addition an allocation of €23 million is being provided to the NTA in 2016 for this Programme.
Noting the NTA's responsibility for the administration of the STMG Programme, I have referred your question to the Authority for a more detailed reply in relation to payments made to Dublin City Council under the Programme. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.
