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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 February 2019

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Questions (201)

Gino Kenny

Question:

201. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the code or heading under which the expenditure for cycling and-or walking appear in the accounts of his Department; the cycling and walking projects and the allocation to each which were funded between 1 January and 31 December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/19]

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As the Deputy may be aware I have secured significant improved funding allocations over the period 2018-2021 which will benefit both cyclists and walkers.

These improved allocations over this period include:

- €110 million specifically dedicated to cycling and walking infrastructure in our major urban areas;

- €135 million for sustainable urban transport measures;

- €750 million approximately towards the BusConnects programme in Dublin which will include the delivery of around 200 kilometres of segregated cycling lanes, where possible; and

- €53 million to support the development of new Greenways.

As the Deputy can see from the above, these are all multi-annual capital infrastructure programmes and annual allocations will vary over the lifetime of the individual programmes, while drawdown requirements within a particular year may also vary depending on various issues such as specific progress on individual projects over the course of a particular year.

Funding for cycling and walking is provided under a number of different programmes, of which the two principal ones are now the Smarter Travel/Sustainable Urban Transport programme and the Cycling and Walking programme. Expenditure for these programmes is recorded under subhead B8 (Sustainable and Public Transport) in my Department.

The allocation of funding in respect of individual projects is managed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with the relevant local authorities, accordingly I have referred your question to the NTA for a more detailed reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

A referred reply was forwarded to the Deputy under Standing Order 42A
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