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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in our cities, including, in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the provision of light rail. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the management and operation of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Both the NTA and my Department have taken a number of steps to support taxi drivers nationally: - The NTA’s recent announcement of new fares which are weighted in favour of those drives working at unsocial hours, like nights and bank holidays. The increase has been designed so as to encourage more drivers to operate during these periods and also encourage drivers who may still not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the BusConnects programme and associated network redesign. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There has been good progress in delivering key elements of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) which was published in 2020 including on active travel projects, BusConnects Cork, the Cork Commuter Rail Programme and proposals for light rail. CMATS was developed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in collaboration with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Cork City...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department announced funding in January 2021 for up to 248 new posts in local authorities to expand walking and cycling facilities all over the country. This increase in resourcing reflects the €1.8 billion in funding committed to walking and cycling over the planned lifetime of the Government. The additional staff will be dedicated to delivering and promoting Active Travel in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 82 together. As the Deputy will be aware, while the majority of public transport in Ireland is provided by the publicly-subvented bus and rail services funded through National Transport Authority's (NTA) public service obligation (PSO) programme, the public transport system also includes non-subvented bus services provided on a commercial basis by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 92 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, which includes the DART+ Programmeand the various projects...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am acutely aware that the cost of electric vehicles remains an issue for many consumers and that supply chain issues globally have also proven difficult. These have been exacerbated by international events. Ireland is at the beginning of its transition to private electric transport. Within a few years I anticipate there will be a viable second hand market that will provide a more...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Funding (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport is an EU funding programme that aims to develop and complete the trans-European transport (TEN-T) network, with 60% of the budget to be allocated to projects that support the EU's climate objectives. CEF funding comes in the form of co-funding grants that are awarded via competitive calls. Calls are open to projects across the EU and are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area including, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann (IÉ), Kishogue station. I am informed by the NTA that extensive work will need to be carried out by Iarnród Éireann on Kishogue...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is a statutory function of the National Transport Authority (NTA) , under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 and EU Regulation 1370/2007, to determine the appropriate mix of directly awarded and competitively tendered PSO services. International experience indicates that introducing competitive tension into our PSO bus market (i.e., a mixture of direct award and then competitively...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The safety and security of both public transport passengers and staff, including arrangements to deal with anti-social behaviour, are important matters that, first and foremost, must be managed by every public transport company, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána where appropriate. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is also engaged with public transport operators regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day provision and operation of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy regarding train schedules and timetables between Cork and Limerick is an operational matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Increased wholesale gas prices, which are mainly caused by Russia reducing supplies to Europe and the war in Ukraine, are leading to unprecedented increases in electricity and gas prices for households and businesses. They are also leading to windfall gains for some energy companies across Europe, particularly those companies involved in the production of fossil fuels and those who are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Programmes (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which was published earlier this year, sets out a total of 16 investments and 9 reform commitments which will be supported by approximately €915 million in grants from the European Recovery and Resilience Facility. While a specific support for biomethane was not included, it...