Written answers

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Cycling Facilities Funding

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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904. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding which was spent on greenways here for the past five years in tabular form. [27063/16]

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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905. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the greenways here that received sanctioned funding from his Department; and the funding amount allocated to each greenway in tabular form. [27064/16]

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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906. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of greenways here in respect of which funding was sanctioned in the past five years and that have been completed to date. [27065/16]

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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907. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to greenways here for the past five years; and the amount of funding which has been drawn down from this allocation in tabular form. [27066/16]

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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908. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of greenways that are in difficulty at the present time vis-á-vis planning issues, agreement with landowners and difficulties of this nature. [27067/16]

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​I propose to take Questions Nos. 904 to 908, inclusive, together.

Under the National Cycle Network (NCN) Funding Programme approximately €23.5 million was allocated over the period 2012 to 2016  to advance cycle routes that provided valuable transport and recreational infrastructure, with the added potential to enhance tourist activity for the areas concerned.  This includes €10 million allocated under the Government Stimulus package 2014.

Under the first tranche of NCN funding for the years 2012/2013, fifteen cycling projects were completed by local authorities across the country with €7 million in funding provided.  Under the second tranche of NCN funding for the years 2014-2016, a further three projects shared in funding of €6.3 million.  Of these three projects only one (in Waterford) has been completed.

In May 2014, a €10 million investment package for greenway development was announced by Government as part of the €200 million national infrastructure package.  Eleven cycling projects were selected to share in this funding and eight of these projects have now been completed.

In July 2016, €3.5 million was reallocated from the second tranche of NCN funding to projects in Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Longford as two of the original projects selected (Kerry and Galway) were not in a position to draw down their full allocation for 2016.

Details of the projects awarded funding are set out in the attached table.

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