The 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.
In support of the above, I can confirm that a resourcing exercise is already underway within TII in support of the significant Metrolink project and that a number of key positions have already been addressed.
