Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the anticipated application for a light rail order for the green line Luas extension to Cherrywood. [4630/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the anticipated application for a light rail order for the green line Luas extension to Cherrywood. [4729/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 333 together.

The Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, is developing proposals for an extension of the Luas to Cherrywood. This work includes consultation, design and route planning. A particular feature of the work concerns the issue of private sector funding, captured through levies provided for under planning legislation, from developers who own land along the proposed route. My Department is awaiting a business plan from the RPA to assist in its evaluation of the Cherrywood extension. An application for a railway order would follow approval of the business plan.