Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 832: To ask the Minister for Transport if officials from his Department have carried out cost-benefit analyses on all the projects set out for development under the Transport 21 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1596/06]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 871: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all the projects set out in Transport 21 have been subjected to a cost-benefit analysis by the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1595/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 871 together.

All projects and programmes provided for in Transport 21 will be subject to the Department of Finance Guidelines for the Appraisal and Management of Capital Expenditure and to the value for money initiatives set out by the Minister for Finance in October 2005.

Under the guidelines, responsibility for carrying out the required appraisals rests with the implementing agencies. I also refer the Deputy to my reply to a question on 29 November 2005.