Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Griffin is right. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has proven itself a good delivery agency. It delivers on budget and on time with good engineering expertise. That is why we have commissioned it to have specific responsibility for the roll-out of our national cycling network. The National Transport Authority, NTA, and city councils will have a key role in urban areas but in rural counties or counties outside cities it will be TII working in its regional design offices with local authorities. The skill and expertise in this process is not about doing it cheaply but about using clever engineering to get the maximum return from the €360 million annual budget. TII is centrally placed to do that in its regional design offices and it is going to have a critical role in enhancing local authorities' ability to get that design and build-out right.

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