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Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: Will they be able to tell us anything?

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: Will they be able to tell us anything?

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: It is a pity the Minister would not meet them and tell them what to do.

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding to local authorities for the repair and upgrade of local and regional roads will be provided in view of the significant backlog of work that exists and the impact of recent extreme weather events. [17780/18]

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: We will take the Minister up on that offer of the cross-party briefing, like before. I hope he will be able to enlighten us more than he has today. On the funding for repair and upgrade of our local and regional roads, considering the significant backlog of work that exists and the impact of the recent adverse weather, what is the Government's plan to assist local authorities?

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: This year's funding allocation is still €160 million or about one third below the steady-state level required to repair our local and regional roads. The recent audit by the National Oversight and Audit Commission found that 70% of regional roads had some form of structural or surface deficit. Poorly maintained roads are extremely unsafe. They cost lives and cause damage to...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister used to find this frustrating when he was on this side of the House.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his engagement with key stakeholders involved in the Dublin Airport north runway project and the appointment of an independent noise regulator, including the CEO of Fingal County Council. [17778/18]

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: What level of engagement has the Minister had with the key stakeholders involved in the DAA north runway project? I ask with specific reference to the appointment of Fingal County Council as the independent noise regulator to comply with EU directive 598/2014.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: This is a critical piece of national infrastructure which has been delayed because of the Minister. Some 18 months ago we were told that primary legislation or a statutory instrument would be put in place to make the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, the competent authority. In response to a previous question, the Minister said he hoped Members would keep asking this question so that he could...

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister said no funding was expended on this to date. My understanding is that the Minister's Department got independent legal advice from outside the Attorney General's office and that led to the decision that was taken. Who paid for that?

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: There is nothing new in the Minister's reply in terms of what will happen here and now. If one considers capital investment in transport, it was €3.8 billion in 2008 but fell to €1 billion in 2016. Congestion costs the State millions of euro every year and it robs people of their lives by ensuring they spend long periods commuting to and from work. The National Transport...

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: When the Minister speaks of all of these plans he never once gives a timeline. He talks about BusConnects but that is 2027. At present, 60% of new Dublin Bus buses are replacement buses, at a time when the number of passenger journeys on Dublin bus has increased from approximately 120 million to 150 million per annum in three years. This year, 15 of the new buses are actually replacement...

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: I did not ask the Minister to interfere.

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: I did not ask the Minister to interfere, and I ask him not to misinterpret what I said.

Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister is right: it is primarily a matter of concern for the CIÉ group. However, since the amalgamation of the five schemes into two by way of primary legislation in 1994, that responsibility has been there on a statutory basis in respect of how these schemes must be funded. As the sole shareholder in the CIÉ group, the Minister has a responsibility to ensure that the...

Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: I would appreciate if the Minister could ascertain which of us is right and which of us is wrong because my understanding, from talking with various representatives, is that the offer on the table is one to get independent advice from a company that CIÉ wishes the trade unions to use. That would not be independent advice, to my mind. The representatives of the pensioners wish to seek...

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address capacity shortages that exist across the Dublin transport system; and the short and medium-term steps he is taking to address the matter. [18009/18]

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: In light of the serious capacity shortages that exist across the public transport system of the capital, Dublin, what short and medium-term steps is the Minister taking to address the issue?

Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing pensions issue at CIÉ involving approximately 16,700 members; and the steps he is taking to address the matter. [18008/18]