Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of his Department’s capital expenditure to the end of December 2018 under the heading of B.8 sustainable transport. [2308/19]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Deputy will appreciate that end year outturn figures for the Vote for 2018 are currently being finalised; however, the provisional breakdown of expenditure under Subhead B8: Public & Sustainable Transport is as follows:

*Subject to finalisation

The bulk of funding provided under the various programmes is allocated to the National Transport

Authority (NTA) which in turn allocates the monies toward specific projects and programmes; however, Iarnród Éireann is also allocated money directly by my Department under the heavy rail safety / development programme in line with the Infrastructure Manager Multi Annual Contract (IMMAC) which funds maintenance and renewal of the heavy rail network.

The Deputy will no doubt welcome the increased allocations I have secured in Budget 2019 which represent an increase of 18% in capital expenditure under B8 Public & Sustainable Transport as compared to last year's allocation.