Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 motorway, and any agreement concerning it with the Northern Ireland Executive, following the recent Stormont deal. [41655/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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​"A Fresh Start – the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan" concluded on 17 November states that the Irish Government remains supportive of the commitment to co-fund the construction of the A5 and notes that the planning issues related to the project are currently being addressed by the Northern Ireland authorities. Under the Agreement the Government reaffirms its commitment to provide funding of £50 million for the A5 project and has committed to provide an additional £25 million to ensure that Phase 1 of the project (Newbuildings to north of Strabane) can commence as soon as the necessary planning issues have been resolved by the Northern Ireland authorities. In keeping with the revised project timeline, the Government funding will be provided in three tranches of £25 million in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively.