Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual Exchequer fund to the National Transport Authority in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will also provide with the information a table indicating the individual spend by project either wholly or partially funded through the NTA in respect of the same years; if he will give details of the total financial commitments to current and planned projects; if he will provide a breakdown of the total numbers of staff working in the NTA by grade and annual remuneration and the total numbers of staff who may have availed of early retirement this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32116/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The National Transport Authority (NTA) was established on 1st December 2009. In accordance with the Dublin Transport Authority (DTA) Act 2008, the functions of the NTA include securing the provision of public transport infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). Since the start of 2011 the NTA has also administered the Regional Cities and Accessibility Grants programmes on behalf of my Department.

The capital funding provided to the NTA by my Department for infrastructure projects in the GDA in 2010 and 2011 was as follows(€m) :

2010: 359.7

2011: 211

The allocations under the capital investment programme to 2016 are as follows (€m):

2012 : 130

2013 : 153

2014 : 149

2015 : 145

2016 : 150

The exact allocations on a project/ programme basis are decided from year to year, in accordance with the progress on individual projects and programmes and having regard to overall priorities in the capital programme.

The following table sets out the NTA funding in the period 2010-2012 (to end-June) under the principal project categories.

In relation to the Regional Cities and Accessibility Grants programmes managed by the NTA on behalf of my Department €21.6m was provided in 2011 and €15.5m has been allocated in 2012.

Further details on NTA's spending on individual projects in 2011 is available on their website http://www.nationaltransport.ie/projects-schemes/transport-projects/

With regard to the Deputy's queries on staffing in the NTA the following tables set out the position:

[1] Relates to staff on incentivised career breaks

Total numbers of staff who may have availed of early retirement this year: 0