Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

With regard to the completion date, the integrated ticketing board is currently responsible for the delivery of the project and it reports to me. It is intended that when the Dublin transport authority is in place, it will take over responsibility for delivering the project. The expected cost, as I noted earlier, is €49.6 million, with this figure based on pre-tender estimates. We will have to wait and see what the tenders turn up.

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