Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the LUAS BXD project. [32113/12]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on progressing the Luas BXD project. [31975/12]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give an indication as to when construction work will begin on the extension of the Luas BXD to Broombridge, Dublin. [31976/12]

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the progress made with the Luas BXD and any meetings he has had with public and private transport interests to ensure the best link up of services. [32098/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 108, 128, 144 and 149 together.

Following the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) on 1st December 2009, the provision of infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), such as LUAS BXD, now comes under the remit of the NTA.

Luas BXD to Broombridge was designed to be a key element in an overall integrated transport network for Dublin. It will create a Luas network by joining the Luas Red and Green Lines and will also link with rail services from Maynooth and Dunboyne and with existing Quality Bus schemes which enter or cross Dublin City Centre. It will also in time interchange with future key projects such as Dart Underground and Metro North.

The project has been prioritised under the Governments's 5-year capital plan - Infrastructure & Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016 - Medium Term Exchequer Framework - which was published in November 2011.

Funding has been included in my Department's capital allocation to 2016 to cover the cost of commencing the main construction works in 2015 and for pre-construction enabling works in 2013 and 2014. Construction is expected to take 4 years. However, key decisions and actions which will determine the precise construction start date must await the outcome of the planning process which is currently ongoing.