Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Department of Transport
Public Transport
8:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the total amount spent by the State in public transport over the past five years, broken down by year and by project; the total amount spent on road building by the State for each year in the past five years; and the number and percentage of cars here that are either electric or hybrid electric. [23919/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
| Project | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Total |
| â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | |
| Road Improvement | 622.2 | 908.2 | 1,083.5 | 1,169.4 | 1,178.9 | 4,962.2 |
| Luas | 71 | 127 | 127 | 129 | 130 | 584 |
| Railway Safety | 123.86 | 148.45 | 127.16 | 103.94 | 86.71 | 590.12 |
| Rolling Stock | 23.56 | 5.59 | 62.52 | 88.28 | 76.25 | 256.2 |
| Iarnród Éireann Projects | 5.83 | 21.82 | 42.87 | 82.4 | 79.55 | 232.47 |
| Dublin Bus Projects | 22.53 | 22.06 | 28.01 | 12.69 | 5.01 | 90.3 |
| Bus Éireann Projects | 6.48 | 19.9 | 2.81 | 9.57 | 3.33 | 42.09 |
| Other Public Transport Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.49 | 9.49 | 14.98 |
| Accessibility | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2.48 | 3 | 7.58 |
| Integrated Ticketing | 0 | 0 | 0.35 | 1.87 | 3.61 | 5.83 |
| Rural Transport Initiative | 0 | 0.17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9.17 |
| Transport Interchanges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.78 | 0.9 |
| Research | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Traffic Management | 18.12 | 23.48 | 15.04 | 18.72 | 27.9 | 103.26 |
The position on electric or hybrid electric cars is set out below.
| Type of Fuel | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Electric | 70(0.0038%) | 88(0.0045%) | 90(0.0044%) |
| Petrol/Electric | 8(0.0004%) | 12(0.0006%) | 248(0.0122%) |
| Total Vehicles | 1,850,046 | 1,937,429 | 2,036,307 |
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