Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman and I welcome all our guests here this morning. I will begin with Ms Graham of the NTA. Who funds the NTA? What is its staffing number and what is its remit? In her opening address she said the remit of the NTA "is to regulate and develop the provision of integrated public transport services", as she has outlined it, "by public and private operators in the State, to secure the development and implementation of an integrated transport system within the Greater Dublin Area, and to contribute to the effective integration of transport and land use planning across the State". Does it not have a responsibility to regulate and develop an integrated public transport service outside the Dublin area?