AQW 7758/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
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.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 28 September 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 September 2020
- Answer due by
- 13 October 2020
- Answered
- 13 October 202015 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
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.