Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy will be aware, the greater Dublin area, GDA, covers the four Dublin local authority areas as well as Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. In 2013, the NTA finalised its detailed work on the preparation of a greater Dublin area cycle network plan, which aims to bring to bear the kind of planning overview to which the Deputy referred. The plan was formally adopted by the NTA board in December of that year, and provides the blueprint for the development of a strategic cycle network in the greater Dublin area. The plan was prepared in consultation with the seven local authorities in the greater Dublin area and followed a public consultation process.

It followed a number of different steps. It marked the existing and planned cycle network, assessed the quality of service of the existing main cycle routes, identified gaps and looked at future demand. The plan provides for an overall network of 2,900 km of cycle routes in the greater Dublin area. With just more than 500 km in the existing cycle routes, this is an ambitious plan which will take over a decade to deliver.

As the statutory responsibility for the funding of public transport infrastructure, including cycling facilities in the greater Dublin area, is a matter for the NTA, I have requested that it provides Deputy Murphy with a list of all cycling infrastructure projects currently in receipt of funding. I believe that list will be forwarded to the Deputy within the next ten days.

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