Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is right in that the full legal mandate for delivering integrated ticketing was given to the RPA. It has made substantial progress in the introduction of a smartcard that operates on Luas services and a private sector coach company, Morton's Coaches. I have held numerous discussions with the other public transport operators in Dublin to try to bring about a resolution in this issue. It has been very frustrating. Some of the practices involved have been unacceptable. I have asked that a peer review of the project be carried out under the Department of Finance's guideline rules, which is currently taking place. When it has been completed, I will decide on the next step. That is the current position.

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