Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, everything that is land transport-based. Regardless of what way the figures are cut, we need to rebuild our capital spend not just to fund what we might need in the future but to maintain what we have in good condition, as I have outlined in different departmental publications and in my budget contribution.

This relates to Deputy Fitzmaurice's question regarding how we do this. For example, the NRA has a multi-year programme for projects it is involved in. It says it will do X this year, Y next year and complete it the year after. A number of projects are supported in this way. As the Deputy said, because the Oireachtas approves funding from year to year, that is a legal requirement we must meet and the councils work within that framework. I hope later this year a multi-annual capital plan will be published, which will outline notionally the amounts we will have available over the next few years. It will always be open to the incoming Government to change that, as would be its right, but we want to give clarity, for example, to the National Roads Authority and local authorities on how much we hope would be available over the next few years. It would give staff more certainty in planning their funding. That has not been possible over recent years for all the reasons about which we are aware, but that will change.