Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport the underspend on national roads for each year from 2000 to the present behind expenditure committed under the national development plan in the Border midlands and western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21230/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table outlines the information sought by the Deputy for the years 2000 — 2006 inclusive. 2007 figures are presently unavailable.

During the earlier years of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2000 –2006 there were not sufficient numbers of projects fully through the planning process to absorb the funding forecast for each of those years. As more projects progressed through planning, construction accelerated and expenditure reached and surpassed the forecast levels in the later years. This trend, which will continue with the accelerated development of the Atlantic Road Corridor this year, will ensure that all the funding provided under the NDP will be spent over the lifetime of the NDP.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue which is expected to be generated from road tolling over the next ten years; the percentage and value of that figure which will accrue to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21232/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll bye-laws, and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority (NRA) under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007).

The NRA has been asked to forward the information sought to the Deputy.