The allocation for Greenways for the years 2019 to 2021 is €52.3m. €13.3m has been allocated for 2019.
A funding call for Greenways under the recently published Strategy for the Future Development of National and Regional Greenways closed on November 30th 2018 and my officials are currently examining the applications. I expect to be in a position to allocate funding to the selected projects under this call in Quarter 2. However, as they have not been chosen yet, I have no further details as to their likely commencement and completion dates.
At present funding is in place for a number of previously funded Greenways and it is expected that the Maynooth to Athlone section of the Galway to Dublin Greenway will be completed in 2019.
The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019.
At this time, there are no implications for the allocation for this programme from the financing of the National Children's Hospital.
