Written answers
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Department of Transport
Road and Rail Networks
10:00 pm
Tom Sheahan (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the analysis in each case. [18190/07]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table.
| Project approved | CBA conducted by |
| Luas Line B1 from Sandyford to Cherrywood | Railway Procurement Agency |
| Luas Line C1 from Connolly station to the Point | Railway Procurement Agency |
| Luas Line A1 spur off Red Line to Citywest | Railway Procurement Agency |
| Funding for thirty three Intercity Railcars | Bernard Feeney of Goodbody Economic Consultants |
| Integrated Ticketing Project | Independent Technical Adviser to the Integrated Ticketing Project Board and by the Railway Procurement Agency Project Director to the Integrated Ticketing Project. |
The business cases, including the cost benefit analyses, for the projects referred to above were independently reviewed on behalf of the Department.
In relation to national roads projects, the planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the preparation of cost benefit analyses, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the local authorities concerned.
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