Alan Kelly
Ceist:2514. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to greenways in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [34658/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 23 July 2019
Ceisteanna (2514)
Freagraí scríofa
Since 2016, my Department has provided a total of €59,896,386 to Greenways around the country. This figure represents the amount allocated for construction the Greenways, rather than the amount drawn down. The breakdown of this figure by year is below.
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2016 |
€3,821,861 |
|
2017 |
€7,998,697 |
|
2018 |
€2,331,000 |
|
2019 |
€45,744,828 |
In addition to the €40m announced for 10 different Greenways in June, my Department has this year provided funding to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to carry out work on the Dublin to Galway Greenway in order to bring it as far as the River Shannon in Athlone.