Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will address Deputy Troy's question first. Extra money is not being sought but, rather, there is a transfer of €12.5 million. Under the provisions of the Act, I have to give a ministerial direction for money to be taken from the TII pot, which then comes in to the Department. The money goes on a quite circuitous route. It is collected from developers and goes to local authorities, then into the TII pot and then into the reserves of the Department. It then goes to the National Transport Authority, NTA, which allocates it to Luas cross-city. That has to be done under the Act. It is not a Supplementary Estimate-------