Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the close out grant of €5 million to Dublin City Council to pay for the Port Tunnel, he is in a position to indicate the total cost of the provision of the Port Tunnel to include all direct and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3662/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Overall responsibility for the planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port Tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the local authorities concerned, in this case, Dublin City Council. In particular, the allocation of funding in relation to the construction or maintenance of national roads is a matter for the NRA under section 19 of the Roads Act, 1993. I understand from the NRA that the estimated cost of the Tunnel remains at €751 million.