Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 May 2020
1062. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the active travel projects funded by his Department in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 by project name, project details, county and cost in tabular form. [6752/20]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, funding for active travel is provided under a number of different programmes, of which the two principal ones are the Smarter Travel / Sustainable Urban Transport programme and the Cycling and Walking programme, while funding is also provided to support the Green Schools programme.
The following table provides details of expenditure in 2018 and 2019 and the indicative allocation for 2020 as budgeted at the start of the year (some figures have been rounded) –
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
|
Total |
€39m |
€45m |
€107m |
|
Smarter Travel / Sustainable Urban Transport |
€20m |
€17m |
€28m |
|
Green Schools Travel |
€1.43m |
€1.45m |
€1.65m |
|
Cycling / Walking Programme |
€18m |
€27m |
€77m |
Under both the Smarter Travel / Sustainable Urban Transport programme and the Cycling / Walking programme funding at individual project level is largely managed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have therefore referred your question to the NTA for a more detailed reply with regard to individual projects. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.
However, within the Smarter Travel / Sustainable Urban Transport Programme, a portion of the funding (€3.5m in 2018, €4.3m in 2019 and estimated €8m in 2020) is directly administered by my Department and relates to –
- Bike Week: an annual promotional event for cycling,
- and & Campus Programmes: promoting sustainable travel options,
- Cycle Right: the national cycle training programme,
- INTERREG: an EU supported cross-border programme,
and until 2018 also included the Active Travel Town programme and the Smarter Travel Area programme, both of which have now ended.
Funding in relation to these initiatives is not necessarily recorded and / or readily available at a county level and neither is expenditure under the Green Schools Travel programme.
