Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2018 capital budget allocation to Iarnród Éireann. [26758/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Exchequer capital funding is provided to semi-State providers of public transport both directly and through the NTA.

In accordance with the requirements of EU law, my Department provides capital funding to Iarnród Éireann for the maintenance and renewal of the heavy rail network under the Infrastructure Manager Multi-Annual Contract (IMMAC). The present IMMAC covers the five-year period 2014-2018. €160 million is allocated to Iarnród Éireann under the IMMAC for 2018.

Iarnród Éireann also receives capital funding, via the NTA, for heavy rail projects in the Greater Dublin Area as well as funding under the Accessibility Grants and Regional Cities Programmes. I understand that the NTA has allocated €18.5 million under these programmes for 2018.