Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the €13.6 million paid to CIÉ in 2007 as the railway safety grant and what is was used to fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39165/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Railway Safety Programme 2004 — 2008 is the second of three five-year programmes designed to improve all aspects of safety across the Iarnród Éireann network and to maintain levels of risk as low as is reasonably practical.

In 2007, a total of €102.4m was expended by Iarnród Éireann on the Railway Safety Programme, of which €13.6m represents that element relating to the enhancement of the safety culture and safety management systems. This included investment in safety training across the company, the development of tools such as an Infrastructure Asset Management database and the Network Wide Risk Model and the development of safety standards.