Written answers

Thursday, 6 March 2008

5:00 pm

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed completion date of the Dublin rail interconnector; when CIÉ and Irish Rail will apply for an railway order to commence construction; when boring is proposed to begin on the project; his Department's preferred route for the interconnector; the estimated cost of the interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9634/08]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The implementation of the Interconnector is matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. Transport 21 provides for completion of the Interconnector by 2015.

I understand from Iarnród Éireann that it has completed the preliminary design of the project, including public consultation in July 2007 on route options and is now proceeding to detailed design and the preparation of an application for a Railway Order. The company aims to submit the application to An Bord Pleanála in 2009 with a view to the commencement of work in 2010, subject to an enforceable Railway Order.

With regard to costs, in the interest of the taxpayer and in ensuring that Transport 21 is achieved within budget, it is Government policy that the cost of individual projects should not be released until the public procurement processes have been completed.

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