Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

This is not rocket science. Tens of millions have already been spent and a timeframe of at least five years before it will be close to introduction has been mentioned. The Minister must take charge of the situation. Does he accept it was a mistake to give this task to the RPA given that it had no experience in network management? The criticism of its work to date is that it has over-specified the tender. It was obliged to buy in a major amount of expertise because it was not available in-house. The tender process has now been aborted and we are almost back to square one. This is a major problem. When will the Minister take charge? When can we expect to get value for money and when will we get integrated ticketing?

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