I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 185 together.
The DTI strategy, which was published in 1995 with a planning horizon to 2011, provides the framework for a wide range of initiatives to respond to Dublin's transportation needs. These include major infrastructure projects such as LUAS, the Dublin Port Tunnel and completion of the Dublin C-Ring; other improvements in public transport such as quality bus corridors; and traffic and parking management measures. Progress with the construction and planning of these infrastructural projects is indicated in current work being undertaken on the DART extensions and the Southern Cross motorway, and ministerial approvals to the Tallaght/Abbey Street link of the LUAS and to the south-eastern and northern motorways.
The DTO Short-Term Action Plan, published last September, is designed to advance and accelerate a set of measures, consistent with the DTI strategy, which can be completed in the period to end 2000. Detailed objectives include: completion of 12 QBCs and 180 kms of cycle tracks by end 2000; provision by end 1999 of an additional 150 buses by Dublin Bus; additional rolling stock for DART; lengthening of outer suburban and key DART station platforms, and upgrading by end 2000 of the Maynooth-Clonsilla rail line. It is estimated that expenditure totalling £160 million, detailed in a tabular statement, will be undertaken within the framework of the plan.