Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to the development of mainline rail over the period 2000 to 2006; the total amount drawn down to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32247/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount which has been allocated to national public transport, excluding mainline rail, over the period 2000 to 2006; the amount which has been drawn down to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32248/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together.

The total amount of Exchequer capital funding expended on the development of public transport over the period 2000-2004 was €1,887 million.

The anticipated spend for 2005 is €426 million. The indicative capital allocation for 2006 set out in the 2005 budget will be amended in light of Transport 21, the ten year investment framework for transport.

The total draw down for public transport programmes and projects in 2005, to the end of October, is €238.6 million.

Expenditure on track work and railway safety over the period relates to the entire Irish Rail network and it is not possible to identify accurately the amounts spent specifically on the mainline network. However, in the case of rolling stock and signalling for the Intercity network the following is the case: