Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be releasing the findings on the viability of metro north, BXD, the DART extension and DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26570/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Business Cases in respect of Metro North, Luas Line BXD and the Dart Underground are available on the National Transport Authority's website- nationaltransport.ie. A preliminary Business Case for the Dart link to the Airport has been submitted by Irish Rail and this is now being independently assessed by the National Transport Authority.

The inclusion of one or more of the large public transport projects in the Dublin area in the new capital programme for 2012-2016 will depend on the outcome of the capital review currently underway. The availability of funding, both from the Exchequer and private sources will be a key consideration as will the contribution to economic recovery and transport objectives including the potential to add value to existing services. The outcome of the review should be available in the next few weeks.