Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interrupt but a lot of the Minister's answers this morning are like a copy and paste from the Ireland 2040 document. He is outlining the Department's aspirations over a longer period of time. While a lot of those aspirations and commitments are welcome like Deputy Murphy, I am interested in the here and now, in this year. I am merely seeking the figure for 2018 for the cycling infrastructure fund. I ask the Minister to provide that figure because his reply to a parliamentary question differs from what he is saying today. He is either wrong today or the reply to the parliamentary question was wrong. The funding for cycling infrastructure decreased by approximately 50% over the last two years. What will the increase be for 2018?

In terms of the technical issues with the longer trams, the bottlenecks have been identified. I would appreciate it if the Minister would stick to the specific questions that I have asked today.