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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: They have all been drawn down, bar the grant for Waterford Airport, of course. They fulfilled their requirements.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I do not have the right document before me, but I believe I can answer the Deputy's question. There is a programme for Government commitment to provide €10 million. We are obviously working towards reaching that figure, but we are looking to the mid-term capital review to fulfil it. There is absolutely no backsliding at all.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: It covers non-pay and administration items. I will have to come back to the Deputy on the matter as I am afraid I do not know the answer.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: It funds the cost of air accident investigations and insurance. There is no pay element under the "miscellaneous" heading.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: As Deputies will know, the land transport programme is by far the largest programme in the Department's Vote. It represents 80% of my overall budget, a large proportion of which is capital investment. The main components of the programme are road improvements and maintenance funding, for which there is an overall budget of over €780 million. For the public transport investment...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Carbon reduction expenditure was reclassified in a new column. Funding for the smarter travel initiatives was allocated under subhead B6, but I believe it is now included in subhead B8.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: It comes to the same amount. They were just reclassified. The carryover of the €4.6 million was due to delays to road projects, delayed roll-out of the drug testing programme and underspend on the national cycling network.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Delayed roll-out of the drug testing programme.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: What figure is the Deputy looking for in the first question?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: There is a figure there.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: That is okay.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: The €279 million, yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: That is the total public service obligation.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I will take the last part of the Deputy's question first. It is a good idea. I do not know the stage we are at but I know my officials, and I can refer back to them, have had discussions about that under the Juncker plan. In fact, I think we did that subsequent to a suggestion the Deputy made to me. I will find out the stage they are at but there are discussions ongoing. I do not know if...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I think it is higher. I have not got the exact figure per person but I can get that for the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: On the maritime programme-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: My apologies.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: They are notified at the start of the year. That is how it stands.