Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for allowing me to come in first. I will have to leave shortly after my questions are answered. It is a pleasure to have the officials in attendance. This is one of a series of presentations at this committee in the run-up to the budget and the wider capital review. Mr. Nolan said that a number of roads projects are ready for tender and primed for delivery. Could he give me a rough indication of how many roads projects are in that category and what the approximately budget for them might be? I presume they all involve public private partnership, PPP, in which case it is hard to know exactly what the contracts will entail. Can Mr. Nolan give me a rough outline of how many projects will be pursued within a five-year or seven-year timeframe and, based on the three PPP projects that are being developed at present, what sort of budget will be involved? I would appreciate it if Mr. Nolan could also outline to me what public transport projects are in the same category of ready for tender and primed for delivery. What public transport projects are being considered for Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, in addition to the metro north and Luas extension projects in Dublin that have been mentioned? I would be interested to know what Luas extension projects are being considered. I would appreciate it if the Chairman were to allow me to come back in with a second question after Mr. Nolan has answered this one.