Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 2023 Rugby World Cup bid and the need for supporting infrastructure will influence the midterm review of the capital programme; and if so, if key infrastructural projects such as the N22 Macroom bypass and M20 Cork-Limerick road will be prioritised. [33073/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The investment implications arising from a successful bid for the Rugby World Cup 2023 are part of my Department's considerations in relation to the mid-term review of the Government's Capital Plan.  I, along with Ministerial colleagues, am engaged in making our cases to the Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform for increased funding for a variety of important capital investments over the medium to long term.

I understand all Departmental submissions will be published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course. For the moment, these submissions are part of a deliberative process which will be completed over the Summer with final decisions to be taken by Government as part of the 2018 Estimate.