Brian Walsh (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 31, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. I remind members that this is a Supplementary Estimate, not the full Estimate. I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Alan Kelly, and his officials for attending to assist with our consideration of this Supplementary Estimate. I invite him to outline the requirement for this additional expenditure and how it is intended to fund it. Two element are involved: additional funding of €32 million for the CIE group of companies and €300,000 additional funding for the National Sports Campus. Perhaps the Minister will outline how he will source the finance for this additional funding.