Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
82. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the schemes and financial supports available to local authorities that do not qualify for the National Transport Authority sustainable transport measures grant programme in tabular form. [9402/21]
View answerLocal authorities in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) along with regional cities have been eligible for some years for Active Travel funding from the NTA. However In August 2020 over €30 million of Stimulus monies was allocated directly by the Department to other local authorities. In 2021 a new arrangement has been put in place whereby the NTA will provided monies to these other authorities for active travel projects. This new arrangement which comprises of a fund of €50 million was announced by the Minister in December 2020. While the NTA has already announced detailed allocations for 2021 for active travel projects in local authorities in the Greater Dublin Area along with regional cities it has not yet announced the details of the €50 million funding package which will be available to the other local authorities (non city and non GDA) for active travel works in 2021.
In addition my Department provides financial support for Rural Greenways under the Strategy for the Future Development of National and Regional Greenways as outlined in the table below. We also provided funding under the Carbon Tax Fund for pre-construction work to 26 Greenway projects in July 2020. Furthermore, we are currently examining when the next round of financial supports for Greenways will take place; it is likely there will be a funding call later this year.
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Funding Source for Rural Greenways |
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Funding of Rural Greenways under the Strategy for the Future Development of Regional and National Greenways. |
2019: €37.5m was allocated at a rate of 60% to nine construction-ready projects. 2020: These nine construction projects saw their funding increase to 100 % due to the co-funding challenge that Local Authorities faced from the COVID pandemic. The 2019 projects now attract funding of €76.35m and an additional €5.772m was allocated in 2020 for 2 refurbishment projects and 1 extension of a previously funded project. |
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Carbon Tax. |
2020: €4.5m was allocated in 2020 from the Carbon Tax to assist 26 projects through pre-construction phases. |
