Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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1254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent to date on the A5 western corridor link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45617/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Government has contributed £22 million to date towards the A5 project.  In addition in 2011 the Irish Government undertook to provide £25 million in each of 2015 and 2016 towards the project.  The A5 project was discussed at the last NSMC Transport Sectoral meeting in April this year and will be discussed at the next meeting scheduled for November.

In the interim officials from my Department and the National Roads Authority attended a meeting of the Cross Border Road Projects Steering Group on the 2nd September 2013.  At that meeting the Northern Ireland officials indicated that work on a revised environmental assessment for the project was progressing.