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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 59: In page 51, line 18, to delete “and”. These amendments make some further changes in relation to the BusConnects sections of the Bill. Section 46 amends section 44(6)(iii) of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 to provide that the NTA cannot be interpreted as stepping into the role of a local authority under section 178 of the Planning and...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, that is primarily the one I was referring to there.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This section provides for the amendment of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, which deals with responsibilities of road authorities for the maintenance and construction of public roads. We are inserting a new section 13(7A), which will allow a road authority the power to carry out works to reduce, increase or modify specified items within an existing road or forming part of a road, which may...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We spoke about how TII was formed through the merger of the NRA and the RPA and how the NTA came from the Dublin Transportation Office. While the legislative provisions on what the NTA can do in Dublin differ from those setting out what it can do in other cities like Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick, I understand that the Bill will provide it the same flexibility in BusConnects projects...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right on that point. BusConnects is probably misnamed and should be "Sustainable Mobility Connects". This is not just about providing better services. It is also about providing safer and quicker cycling and pedestrian environments and better public rail, enhancing local communities and providing commuting services. This is not just about bus infrastructure. It is about...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: One could read that as a charter for widespread provision of additional parking. The BusConnects projects that I have seen to date require flexibility in certain instances. Sometimes, this is to relocate parking. At other times, it is to restrict parking. I have yet to see a BusConnects proposal that involves a major increase in on-street parking facilities. I see this legislative...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right. The first BusConnects projects are going through the planning system in Dublin as we speak. We are already starting to see some of the benefits even before the core corridor infrastructure changes. With the introduction of the H-spine to Howth, the C-spine to Lucan and others, for example, we are seeing increased patronage, better services and so on. We have often...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am sorry. I am trying to understand the Deputy's concern.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I understand better. I thank the Deputy. The Attorney General has advised us that this provision should be reworded by way of an amendment that provides for a specific reference to a power to acquire land compulsorily for the purpose of any mitigation whatsoever. In other words, the provision should not be so prescriptive that one might find oneself having less capability or flexibility....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 60: In page 51, line 19, to delete “road.”,” and substitute the following: “road, and (d) any land or substratum of land on which any of the foregoing is situated.”,”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 61: In page 52, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1993 45.Section 19(1) of the Act of 1993 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c): “(cc) prepare, or arrange for the preparation of, schemes for the provision of a safe and efficient network of recharging infrastructure...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is right.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It will be within the Department initially but I expect that it will end up with TII.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No. We will establish it next month.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We do. This has effectively moved from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to the Department of Transport, which I believe was appropriate. It is a key-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As I set out in the introduction, yes. However, it will not just be about charging points but a whole range of initiatives to accelerate our switch away from the use of fossil fuels.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: At the present time, it is a principal officer.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Deputies raised a variety of different issues. I will start with the last one. As I read it, amendment No. 61 amends that section with regard to An Bord Pleanála. In section 45(19)(1)(cc), we are saying that we would also "prepare, or arrange for the preparation of, schemes for the provision of a safe and efficient network of recharging infrastructure and refuelling infrastructure for...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It will also cover e-mobility.