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Percentage of Departments vote devoted to roads projects the percentage devoted to public transport.

Date: 24 November 2005

Dáil Question No: 88         To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he will integrate new Metro, DART, rail and LUAS lines in view of the distances between many of the stops of different modes as proposed; the person who has overall charge of integrating these new projects with existing transport services and proposed ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Brendan Howlin. (Nominated by: Róisín Shortall).

 

Response
by the Minister for Transport
(Martin Cullen) 

As outlined in the recently published Abridged Estimates 2006, the 2006 Estimate for the Department of Transport amounts to 2,180 million euro of which 1,394 million euro (64%) relates to roads and 750 million euro (34%) relates to public transport.

The amount available for roads in 2006 is unchanged on 2005 while the amount available for public transport is up 3%.

In keeping with what has now become established practice, the Minister for Finance will be announcing a new 5 year capital envelope on Budget Day. This will incorporate the increased investment on transport in 2006 arising under Transport 21.