Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funds paid by his Department to date on the Metro North project; the amount budgeted for 2011; the expenditure to date and for next year under the following headings: planning, purchases of land and properties, and enabling works; if he will make the cost benefit analysis available to the spokespersons on transport for inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42724/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for the implementation of Metro North transferred to the National Transport Authority on the 1st December 2009. Prior to the establishment of the NTA €127.2 million was made available by my Department to the RPA for expenditure on Metro North. This expenditure is broken down as follows:

In relation to making the cost benefit analysis for Metro North available, I understand that the NTA has made a redacted version of the most up-to-date business case for Metro North available on their website at www.nationaltransport.ie

All other matters referred to by the Deputy in his question, now come under the remit of the NTA since the 1st December last.