The Estimates earmark £1.66 billion for investment in housing, roads, transport and other services - the largest ever set aside under this heading.
Public transport has been allotted £350 million. This compares with £166 million allocated last year. It includes £115 million for Exchequer funding for CIE - up from £109 million last year. The remaining £235 million will be spent on the Dublin Light Rail programme and public transport initiatives.
The national road network is to get £437 million. Of this, £27 million is for maintenance of national roads. The remainder is set aside for building new national roads, such as the Southern Cross and the South Eastern Motorway sections of the M50.
