Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 December 2025
312. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport following the recent publication of the Accelerating Infrastructure - Report and Action Plan, if he or his Department will be allocated additional resources to expediate the delivery of large scale transport infrastructure projects, such as the Metrolink and the Finglas Luas extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70788/25]
View answerThe Accelerating Infrastructure - Report and Action Plan, as well as the work of the taskforce which has been established in relation to the report and plan, fall under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
The work of the taskforce is ongoing at present and the decisions made in that context will guide the amount of resourcing which will be made available to my Department, which in turn will be considered closely by my Department and I through an internal exercise, after which specific resources will be allocated to individual projects such as the Metrolink and the Finglas Luas Extension.
When considering the resourcing of any transport infrastructure project, but in particular those larger and strategically important ones such as Metrolink, my Department and the agencies which support those projects have and will continue to ensure that sufficient resourcing is made available insofar as possible to meet the needs of the project, both against key performance indicators such as timeline and budget control, as well as overall delivery of the project in the context of its purpose, challenges and benefits.
With regard to Metrolink specifically, I can confirm that a resourcing exercise is already underway within TII in support of that project and that a number of key positions have already been addressed.
