Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Substantial progress has been made in preparing the legislation and it remains my intention to publish the Dublin transport authority Bill shortly. The establishment of the authority will ensure the full and effective delivery of an integrated transport system in the greater Dublin area under Transport 21. In anticipation of the publication of the legislation and to commence the process of putting the necessary organisational arrangements in place, I recently appointed Mr. Tom Mulcahy as chairman designate of the authority. Pending the establishment of the authority on a statutory basis, I have asked Mr. Mulcahy, in his capacity as chairman designate, to give initial consideration to the management and organisational structure and to human resource and financial requirements of the proposed authority and to engage the key stakeholders and other interested parties as part of the preparatory process leading to the establishment of the authority and its early discharge of its statutory functions.

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