Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 November 2005
151 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of capital projects within his Department which in 2004 and in 2005 had an estimated cost of between €30 million and €50 million, and which would have been subject to cost-benefit analysis if the newly announced criteria for such evaluations had then been in force; and the total cost of such projects in each year. [35268/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the revised capital appraisal guidelines published in February 2005, a cost-benefit analysis is to be carried out by the sponsor of each public capital project with a value of over €50 million.
Some 19 projects sponsored by local authorities within the annual public capital programmes for 2004 and 2005 regarding housing regeneration, water services and non-national roads exceed this threshold. In so far as their timing may bring them within the new guidelines, the carrying out of the required cost-benefit analysis will be for the local authority concerned. My Department's role would be that of sanctioning authority.
