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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, the final Final Report of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review was published in July of this year. The Review was undertaken by my Department in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The Review will inform the development of rail on the Island of Ireland in the coming decades to 2050, in line with net zero targets in both...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 raised by the Deputy in relation to the removal of the seat booking fee for free travel pass users is a matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the EV charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable charging network is an essential part of enabling drivers to make the switch to EVs. The Department of Transport has no current plans to introduce legislation regarding EV charging spaces being used by non-EVs for parking....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2024)

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 DART+ Programme. The Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2022-2042 was published by the NTA...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, MetroLink will be a fully segregated and mostly underground new rail line between Swords and Dublin City Centre, the first of its kind in Ireland. It is a key project under the National Development Plan 2021-30. Further to the planning application for MetroLink, the Oral Hearing began on 19th February and ran until 28th March. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, MetroLink will be a fully segregated and mostly underground new railway line between Swords and Dublin City Centre, the first of its kind in Ireland. It is a key project under the National Development Plan 2021-30. Further to the planning application for MetroLink, the Oral Hearing began on 19th February and ran until 28th March. Transport Infrastructure Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, MetroLink will be a fully segregated and mostly underground new railway line between Swords and Dublin City Centre, the first of its kind in Ireland. It is a key project under the National Development Plan 2021-30. Further to the planning application for MetroLink, the Oral Hearing began on 19th February and ran until 28th March. Transport Infrastructure Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Sep 2024)

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 operation and management 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: Road Projects (9 Sep 2024)

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 operation and management 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: Bus Services (9 Sep 2024)

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, including the provision of bus stops and shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Sep 2024)

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 operation and management 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: Official Travel (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 234 together. Since taking office I have not taken any flights from Shannon, Cork or Knock Airports.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am advised that my Department is not in a position to provide the emissions associated specifically with people, who live closer to other airports, travelling to Dublin airport. While certain data exists to analyse transport emissions across certain specific use cases, this cannot be done to the level of granularity requested here. The Department does not hold specific data on where the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day to day operations regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Sep 2024)

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, including the provision of bus stops and shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Infrastructure Scheme was officially launched in February 2023 and is currently preparing to enter the delivery phase, where the final list of eligible clubs will progress to engaging charge point operators (CPOs) to prepare their sites for installation and undertake any necessary civil, electric and installation works for the proposed 50kW charging...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, there are two projects to enhance the cross-border intercity rail service between Dublin and Belfast. In the short-term, the Enterprise service will move to an hourly service in the coming months utilising existing trains on the network. This will represent an almost doubling of the offering of Dublin-Belfast train services on most days, going from eight to fifteen...