Written answers
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Department of Transport
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: 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; the person who conducted the analysis in each case; if the analysis will be published; and the expected date of publication. [19165/07]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below.
| 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. It is not proposed to publish the details of the cost benefit analyses at present because such details are commercially sensitive from the point of view of protecting public funds and getting best value for money.
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