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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has earmarked €5.1bn for capital spending on new national roads projects from 2021 to 2030 as part of the NDP. This funding will enable improved regional accessibility across the country as well as compact growth, which are key National Strategic Outcomes. The funding will provide for the development of numerous national road projects, including the completion of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Please see table below setting out KMs travelled and expenditure on KMs/mileage for business journeys for each of the years 2019 to 2023 (to date). As agreed, the breakdown requested is not being provided due to the resources required to examine and categorise the significant volume of detail for the period. Year Total KMs Total Amount 2019 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. Funding is administered through the National Transport Authority (NTA), who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. Noting the role of the NTA in the matter, I have referred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall state funding in relation to Roads and Active Travel infrastructure. My Department, the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and the National Transport Authority (NTA) along with the relevant local authorities are responsible for the development and delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199, 202 and 203 together. The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including 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. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. In...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200, 201 and 204 together. The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including 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. The NTA is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including 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. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. Uber, FreeNow and Lynx, as dispatch operators, are regulated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The contracts my Department has had with the supplier over the past 12months are set out in the table below; Company Purpose Amount€ KPMG Project Management and Advisory Services €1,016,787 KPMG Provision of Services in relation to a Public Consultation €87,161 ...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: This Government is just as concerned about protecting Irish householders in what is a very difficult time. We all absolutely accept that those households, in respect of their gas and electricity bills, are facing huge increases which have a huge impact on every family across the country and we are determined to protect them and to help our country through a difficult time. It bears...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In European legislation, those were the years set out in which we would apply it. We follow European law and we did it. In the area where we had room to manoeuvre-----

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ------in the setting of the rate, if you check what every other European country did-----

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Come back and show me a country that set a higher tax rate.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: That speaks volumes, compared to the words we heard earlier.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fines Administration (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Publicly subsidised bus services are provided on the basis of public transport service contracts made between the relevant operators and the NTA. These contracts are a requirement of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, which sets out the broad parameters of the contracts. The contracts are published and available to view on the NTA's website. As the House will be aware, the vast...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fines Administration (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The key problem has been in getting drivers at Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Go-Ahead and other private operators. Every bus operator will tell the same story. To address this challenge and help close the gap, we engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and secured agreement for 1,500 work permits for drivers who are needed across the country. Deputies will have seen...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fines Administration (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It is never tolerable if people miss a bus service, particularly if the operator is not delivering on its contract agreements in respect of regular services. That is why we have the system of regulation and fines and of holding those companies to account. Despite all these problems, particularly regarding the difficulty in getting drivers, what we have seen in the past year is public...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Transport Authority published the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area transport strategy, LSMATS, in December of last year. The strategy was prepared by the NTA in collaboration with Limerick City and County Council, Clare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, with the co-operation of Iarnród Éireann, and provides a roadmap for sustainable transport in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I think a station in Moyross will transform that part of the city. As the Deputy said, it is close to the university and Thomond Park and to an existing community that would really benefit from the connectivity with the city. That has already been improved with the new bus services, which have been hugely popular. I visited Moyross last year and got a real sense that the people there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The House will not be surprised that I agree with Deputy Leddin. It is an either-or. We could go with a roads-based sprawl development, and Limerick could spread out into Clare on an unsustainable roads development system, which has not worked for Limerick. Limerick should be much bigger. Limerick needs to grow and needs to be much larger, and I believe it can grow around a sustainable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It will not be viable. The housing will not be put in the right places. There will not be this 15-minute city concept, which we need to develop in Limerick, and we will not connect particularly those communities that were left isolated and without public transport systems, often people who could not afford a car. We need to think of them. There is a social justice issue in this. Public...