Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on integrated ticketing for Dublin; the cost to date of all feasibility studies and planning exercises, by RPA and all other bodies under his Departments aegis, currently or previously investigating integrated ticketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The position in relation to the Integrated Ticketing project was set out in my response to Parliamentary Question Numbers 115 and 186 on 21st February 2007. There are currently a range of integrated tickets, using magnetic stripe technology, available on a commercial basis between the public transport operators. Such commercial arrangements are solely operational matters for the companies concerned.

As regards the development of the current smart card integrated ticketing scheme, some €11 million has been paid out by the Exchequer on its development to date. This expenditure encompasses project management, design and development costs and operator contributions. The Railway Procurement Agency has advised that this expenditure includes approximately €0.2 million on consultancy.