Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding plans for a new tranche of public private partnerships for road building projects; the projects which would be prioritised under a new round of PPPs; the level of interest from national or international consortia for new road building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32532/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, as Minister for Transport I am responsible for overall policy and funding issues relating to the National Roads Programme element of Transport 21. However, the detailed planning, design and implementation of individual national road improvement projects including those carried out by way of Public Private Partnership (PPP), is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act 1993. This includes the carrying out of cost benefit analyses for such projects. Earlier this year the Government reviewed the financing arrangements for Transport 21. Arising from that review it is proposed that a number of national road projects should be undertaken as unitary payment (i.e. non-tolled) PPPs, thus releasing Exchequer funding for a capital contribution towards the Metro North project.