Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that each county council has drawn down from its allocated active travel funding in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24284/22]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €289 million allocated for walking and cycling infrastructure in 2022 that has been spent; the areas in which the funding has been spent to date by county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24285/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 208 together.

As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel and Greenways. The National Transport Authority (NTA), meanwhile, has responsibility for the allocation of funding to specific projects and oversight of their development, in cooperation with the relevant local authorities.

Noting their responsibility in this area, I have forwarded your question to the NTA for a more detailed reply.

On 20 September 2021 Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) took over responsibility for the allocation of funding to Greenway projects, in cooperation with the relevant local authorities. Please see table below which sets out details of the Greenways funding drawdown by local authorities from 1 January 2021 to 20 September 2021. It should be noted that it is not unusual for Local Authority claims to be made mostly in Q4.

I have forwarded your question to TII for a detailed reply in relation to the drawdown of Greenways funding for the remainder of 2021 and 2022. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

* This relates to the total expenditure on the Galway to Athlone Greenway project, which is being led by Galway City Council and Galway, Roscommon and Westmeath County Councils.