Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown by county for public transport expenditure in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27004/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Exchequer capital and current grants to CIE are not allocated on a county basis.

Expenditure by the Railway Procurement Agency relates to Luas and Metro projects in the Greater Dublin Area only. €121.614 million in capital funding was spent on Luas/Metro projects in 2007. To end June 2008, €75.376 million in capital funding has been spent.

Expenditure under the Rural Transport Programme in 2007 was €7.05m million. Expenditure of €1.73 million was incurred in the first quarter of 2008. While the final figures for the second quarter are not yet available, it is expected that expenditure of some €2 million was incurred. It is not possible to break down expenditure under the Rural Transport Programme on a county by county basis as a number of the funded community transport groups operate across county boundaries.

Traffic management grants are made available to fund bus priority, cycle and pedestrian facilities and other traffic management measures. Grants provided in 2007 and 2008 and broken down by county are as follows: