Imelda Munster
Question:331. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the additional capital spend allocated to his Department in budget 2018 will be spent. [44826/17]
View answerTuesday, 24 October 2017
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Full details on the allocations for each of my Department's subheads for 2018 will be set out, as usual, in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV). In the meantime my Department is in discussion with relevant agencies regarding the details of allocations. The Government has also proposed that a ten year national investment plan will be set out which will take account of the National Planning Framework. My Department will also take that into account when setting infrastructure investment priorities over the coming years.
In relation to 2018 in particular I would refer the deputy to my statement to the Dáil on Thursday, 12 October, where I outlined my view of what our current priorities for investment are.
I have also published further details on the 12% year on year increase in the budget for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. These details are available at:
http://www.dttas.ie/press-releases/2017/ministers-welcome-12-increase-dttas-budget-2018.
The Deputy may also wish to note that 2018's allocation forms part of a four year capital allocation. I have published details of our priority investments that form part of that allocation in a separate speech which is available at
http://www.dttas.ie/speeches/2017/minister-ross-budget-2018-speech.
I would ask the Deputy to note that the information detailed in that speech covers the years between the year 2018 and the year 2021. I think that the Deputy will get a greater appreciation for our ambition for these projects and programmes if the detail is viewed in that context.