Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the completion of the Portlaoise orbital route; and if this project will be included in capital funding going forward. [41978/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Portlaoise Southern Circular route is among the schemes included in the Capital Plan 2016-2021 subject to achieving the necessary project approvals including approval from An Bord Pleanála for the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and compliance with the requirements of this Department's Capital Appraisal Framework (CAF). The Department has allocated €1m to Laois County Council for this scheme in 2017.

The Council submitted its Project Appraisal Report in respect of the scheme to the Department’s Economic and Financial Evaluation Unit for review and following the conclusion of the Unit’s assessment of the appraisal the Council was advised in June of the Department’s approval to progress the project to the next stage.

The Department is liaising with the Council in relation to funding support for construction of the project as part of the decision making process for the 2018 grant allocations.