AQW 7758/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 28/09/2020
Answered On Date: 13/10/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the scale of the efficiencies that he is currently asking Translink to find prior to committing additional funding.

Answer:

Responsibility for Translink lies with the Infrastructure Minister. Minister Mallon recently announced a planned cost reduction programme by Translink aimed at making savings of £10 million.

Of the allocations made to the Department for Infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, £70 million has been allocated to Translink to address lost income and other COVID pressures. This is in addition to the recurrent £20m which was allocated in the 2020-21 Budget to address Translink’s underlying deficit.

Any consideration of further allocations would be a matter for the Executive.