Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full costs expended, including consultancy fees, in the merger of the Railway Procurement Authority and the National Roads Authority as well as the savings generated annually to date from the merger and projected savings for the years ahead. [38498/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) was established on 1 August 2015 through the merger of the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the Railway Procurement Authority (RPA).

I understand the costs expended at agency level in the merger process, including consultancy fees, since 2013 amounted to €275,000. My Department expended €2,320 on the engagement of a third party facilitator to aid discussions on HR issues that arose during the merger process.

Savings in the order of €6 million per annum were secured in the combined administrative budgets for NRA and RPA since the merger was proposed a few years ago. (These savings were generated both in readiness for the merger and as a result of more general measures to address the financial crises). It is expected that the merger will deliver a further annual saving for the Exchequer of approx. €3 million from year-3 of operation of TII.