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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Does that satisfy Deputy Ó Broin?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will allow questions now from Deputy Cian O'Callaghan followed by Deputy Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will allow a question from Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: The answer might be incorporated into the Deputy's question. I am trying to make sure we are sticking to the same subject. Is Deputy Boyd Barrett's question not relevant to that point?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am just trying to keep things moving.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will allow Deputy Ó Broin to follow up. I will then put the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are out of time. We will reconvene with discussion of amendment No. 99.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions are expected with senior officials of a bank (details supplied) regarding the future use of its soon to be vacated units in towns and villages across Ireland; if consideration has been given to the repurposing of these units as community digital hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his engagement with the insurance sector specifically related to persons and businesses that operate recreational facilities and outdoor activities; if his attention has been drawn to businesses being forced to close due to prohibitive insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54244/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the opportunity to contribute and apologise for my late arrival. My train was late, which is ironic considering we are speaking about transport. I see the NTA representatives shaking their heads. I did not get the text alert.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Can I rephrase it, Chair? I was late for my train. My train was not late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I welcome Mr. Walsh, Mr. O’Neill, Mr. Creegan, and Ms Graham here today and thank them for their attendance at previous committees. I will always be willing to engage with Oireachtas Members and councillors up and down the country because obviously transport, public transport, and active transport are of huge interest to everybody throughout the country. How we get around is not just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: The Chairman raised some good points and I am glad he brought them into the discussion. Mr. Creegan hit the nail on the head about safety. I visited one of my local schools, St. Andrew's, in Bray recently to talk to the students about transport. The overwhelming desire from those students was to have safe cycle routes to school. They all want to cycle to school. They probably would all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I have a quick question that requires a straight answer. If one were to add up the total cost of all the road projects in the national development plan, roughly what figure would one come up with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Perhaps Mr. Walsh could estimate to the nearest €1 billion to €3 billion, as was discussed earlier. If we had to put a tick in a box and the options increased by increments of €1 billion, what figure would it be at? I am asking for rough figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: If I were to go through the national development plan and try to estimate the cost of every road, what figure might I come up with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will be local and parochial myself now if that is okay. I am open about it. My question is about buses in Wicklow so it is for the NTA, but I also think that TII is involved in the N11 project relating to the express bus routes. A bulletin was released about it lately. What is the latest update on that? When can we expect to see some of those express buses in place? The witnesses said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Does that just relate to the M50 junction? There was talk of express buses from destination to finish point, for example, from Wicklow or Arklow, to alleviate that traffic congestion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that. Obviously, park-and-ride facilities may have to be set up for that with park-and-stride being the other one where we give someone a bit of exercise when he or she walks to his or her bus or train. Has the NTA looked at that in detail for Wicklow?