Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the applications that the Government have made to the EU for TENS funding. [33317/05]

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects funded under TENS funding since 2000. [33318/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 273 and 274 together.

Since the start of 2000, applications for TEN-T, trans-European networks-transport, financial support for projects in Ireland have been submitted, in the main, within the framework of the multi-annual indicative programme 2001 to 2006, MIP. The financial assistance is committed by the European Commission on an annual basis.

The following are details of the applications submitted since the start of 2000 for road and rail projects for which Commission decisions have been received to date. In the case of road projects, aid amounting to €37.017 million for the planning and design of the Ireland element of the Ireland-UK-Benelux road link project was applied for and €24 million in aid was approved; aid amounting to €2.991 million for the N8 Cashel bypass project was applied for and €1.8 million in aid was approved; and aid amounting to €6.938 million for the N1 Dundalk to the Border with Northern Ireland project was applied for and €3.3 million in aid was approved.

In the case of rail projects, aid amounting to €15.2 million for the elimination of a number of key permanent speed restrictions on the Belfast-Dublin-Cork intercity rail corridor project was applied for and €7.6 million in aid was approved; and aid amounting to €4.4 million for a project undertaking safety and upgrade work in conventional TENs routes was applied for and €3 million in aid was approved. This application was made outside of the MIP.

In addition to the above, two projects, namely, INSTANT and STREETWISE were undertaken by the NRA in collaboration with the authorities in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom which were supported under the TEN-T budget. The INSTANT, information and management system for multimodal transport in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, project is a joint project between the NRA and the Roads Service of Northern Ireland. The application for funding was made in 2000 and the amount of aid approved by the Commission was €1.398million.

The main applicant and beneficiary of the STREETWISE, seamless travel environment for efficient transport in the western isles of Europe, project was the United Kingdom's Department for Transport. The application for funding was made in 2001, and was approved by the Commission as a multi-annual indicative plan for the 2001 to 2006 period. Total EU funding was €9 million, of which €1.09 million was allocated to the Republic of Ireland.

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a completion date for the upgrading of the Atlantic Road corridor from Letterkenny to Waterford. [33319/05]

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are completion dates for any sections of the Atlantic Road corridor from Letterkenny to Waterford. [33320/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the Dublin-Limerick inter-urban motorway; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33331/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the Dublin-Waterford inter-urban motorway; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33333/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the M50 upgrade phase two; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33334/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for Limerick Southern Ring Road; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the proposed Limerick Southern Ring Road; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for Waterford city bypass; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33340/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the Dublin-Cork inter-urban motorway; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the proposed M3 motorway; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/05]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the proposed M50 upgrade phase one; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33353/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 275, 276, 287, 289, 290, 294 to 296, inclusive, 300, 305 and 309 together.

I am arranging to have all of the information made publicly available at the launch of Transport 21 forwarded to the Deputies and lodged in the Oireachtas Library. Transport 21 provides the broad strategy and the overall funding for the development of the national roads network. The detailed programming of the work involved in the implementation of the programme including the planning, design and implementation of individual road improvement projects, the allocation of funding to individual projects and the establishment of project start dates are a matter for the NRA.