Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2019
626. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €52 million allocation in 2019 for the Coonagh to Knockalisheen route; the date in 2019 the project will commence; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children's hospital; and if he or his officials have been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6888/19]
View answer630. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €18 million allocation in 2019 for a facility (details supplied); the date in 2019 it will be completed; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children's hospital; if he or his officials have been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6892/19]
View answer632. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €7 million allocation in 2019 for the Portlaoise southern distributor road; the date in 2019 the project will be completed; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children's hospital; if he or his officials have been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6894/19]
View answer633. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €5 million allocation in 2019 for the Laytown to Bettystown link road; the date in 2019 the project will be completed; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children's hospital; if he or his officials have been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6895/19]
View answer634. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €4 million allocation in 2019 for the Dingle relief road; the date in 2019 the project will be completed; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with the national children's hospital; if he or his officials have been consulted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 626, 630 and 632 to 634, inclusive, together.
The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s Hospital project, the Government is currently considering how the additional cost pressures will be accommodated within the multi-year envelope, with a minimum of disruption to the planned rollout and delivery of important infrastructure projects under Project Ireland 2040.
The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants.
Each local authority is the contracting authority for the purpose of implementation of the regional and local road improvement projects included in Project Ireland 2040 and is responsible for the project schedule.
The figures mentioned in the Deputy's Parliamentary Questions are the total estimated cost of each project. As regards grant expenditure to date and 2019 allocations, the Regional and Local Road allocation and payment booklets available in the Oireachtas library provide details of grant payments and allocations. The Capital Tracker published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provides information on the status of the projects. The relevant link is:
https://www.per.gov.ie/en/investment-projects-and-programmes-tracker/
At this time, there are no implications for the allocation for this project or programme from the financing of the National Children’s Hospital.
