Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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On the issue of the greater Dublin area, GDA, and future planning, have there been any studies on future planning for outer orbital transport for the city or county of Dublin, either auditing wise or on other expenditures? As a former councillor since 2004, not unlike my colleague Deputy Connolly, although not for as many years as she, I am aware of the spatial strategies of two or three governments. Is that level of planning still present within the Department, and is the growth of the GDA over the next 20 to 50 years under active consideration along with the infrastructure that would be required? Have these been costed or is there actual expenditure on it?