Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on the Gort to Tuam, County Galway, motorway; the amount of Exchequer funding provided for this road in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.  

The Gort-Tuam PPP projects is one of a number of road projects identified in the Government's Financial Stimulus Package. Discussions with funders regarding the conclusion of the Gort-Tuam contract are close to finalisation. Once the contract has been concluded and signed the NRA will be in a position to prepare the project implementation schedule. The NRA has allocated €3.25m to the project in 2014.