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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The Free Travel Scheme is a non-statutory scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. The query raised appears to relate to Bus Éireann's commercial service, Expressway, and I have therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jan 2023)

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 operations of public transport. The issue of the resumption of catering services on the Iarnród Éireann Intercity Network is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the proposed station at Woodbrook and, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann, the planning and implementation of the DART+ Programme. Noting the NTA's responsibility in this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jan 2023)

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 development of new light rail infrastructure. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including the compilation of statistics on SPSV licensing, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. Accordingly, I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry including licensing, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. The Deputy may be aware that the transfer of licences for SPSVs is, at present, prohibited under section 14(1) of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which 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 management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Strategic Rail Reviewis being undertaken in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The results of the review will inform the development of the railway sector on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades. A draft report is currently being finalised. The draft report will be submitted for approval to Ministers in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The following table sets out the total amount of non-repayable moneys provided by this Department through grants, funding supports, tax breaks or other means to businesses in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. TOTAL SUPPORTS 2020-2022 Grants/ Funding Supports 2020 € 2021 € 2022 € Road Transport Licensed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Be very careful not to categorise a target as a limit on ambition. Of course, we want to smash those targets. All of us in this House want our younger people to be able to get a home and raise a family. This concern is not an exclusive commodity. It belongs to everyone. We are committed to doing everything we can. We had a target last year of 24,600 houses. An hour ago, the CSO came...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Yes we can and we will.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I presume we agree that cost rental is one of the main parts of the solution - one of the main parts of ramping up the numbers. The Land Development Agency is perfectly suited and is the right agency to deliver that sort of expansion. There will be no shortage of funding and ambition. It takes time and is not easy with the cost of building having gone up. We can bring it down by using the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Today.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Nobody disagrees about the scale and need for urgency but having increased delivery last year beyond the target, I would like to see us do the same every year of this Government's tenure and into the tenure of the next Government because the Housing for All strategy is the correct way to address the problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: That analysis is for the years to 2050. Ours is to 2030.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: We absolutely need to go further because there are more people coming into our country and the likely change in household characteristics means that we should err on the side of more. Deputy Doherty says we are planning to fail. That is not true. One of the biggest problems is people objecting to planning.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: One of the biggest problems is that one cannot get projects delivered quickly because every time we submit applications, particularly in areas closer to the centre where the density is slightly higher, then there are objections in the planning system.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: They come from councillors right across the country in many instances because it is not always popular, it is not always the easy answer and people do not necessarily always want change when it comes to their own local areas.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding how we speed things up, lack of finance will not be an issue for the State. The State may have to do more because with the high interest rates, the private sector will not be able to do as much.