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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is very important that MetroLink is prioritised. Not only is it very important for the entire region involved and the airport, but it also touches on what Mr. Llewellyn is talking about: sustainability, modal shift, reducing emissions and so on. The number of people driving to Dublin Airport and parking there and the number of people who are not able to use public transport to get there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Yes. There was a large article in a weekend newspaper about how dangerous that road is and how many fatalities have taken place on it. What can TII do to improve that? Obviously, the M20 is a bigger project, but even in the short term, what can be done to the N20 to reduce the number of fatalities on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Finally, I raised the issue of the average speed if you are going from Dublin to Cork or Dublin to Limerick. Mr. Llewellyn also referred to demand management. Does that mean tolling or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Llewellyn for his contribution. I might come back in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Llewellyn again. Like everybody else, I have been hearing almost all of his contributions. I have had to dip in and out slightly, but I have been here for almost all of it. I will touch on Mr. Llewellyn's background. He will be chairman of TII shortly. He is now the chair designate. He is also on the boards of Harwich Haven Authority and Sage Housing. Does he have a lot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I know we are doing things more remotely at the moment than we might otherwise have done but how much time does Mr. Llewellyn expect to spend on TII on a weekly or monthly basis? Does he see himself working three or four days a month or more? Perhaps he will be working an hour a day here and there. We know and appreciate that it is not a full-time position, but how much time does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I have been chairing school boards for many years, and I know that there is a learning curve before you get more familiar with all of these things. I hope Mr. Llewellyn will get to look at our network sooner rather than later, while remaining compliant with Covid restrictions. TII's predecessor, the National Roads Authority, which merged with the Railway Procurement Agency to become TII,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: In the fullness of time, it would be useful for Mr. Llewellyn to do so. If, in facing challenges, he feels things need to be speeded up or that a little bit of pressure needs to be put on, Mr. Llewellyn should contact the Chairman or all of us and let us know what we need to do to help.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Llewellyn. On road safety, in respect of the average speed concept, I once had to drive from Bristol to Cardiff and Swansea, and there are average speed roads in the UK where there are signs notifying people get that if they get from one place to another too quickly, the authorities will know they have been speeding somewhere along the route. I do not believe we have a similar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Based on Mr. Llewellyn’s background in safety, how effective are those systems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Generally, our road safety figures, in the context of fatalities, are greatly down on what they used to be and our motorway network is probably the safest part of our overall road network. Every life saved and every injury prevented, however, is a positive and therefore I ask Mr. Llewellyn to encourage that aspect. Transdev Ireland operates the Luas on behalf of TII, which absorbed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I was not aware that fares had been got rid of last year, but perhaps people felt that the levels of compliance enforcement were not being adhered to in the same way. That may have been the case. The compliance enforcement levels may have gone back up since and more inspectors are back on the carriages. I am conscious of time, so I thank Mr. Llewellyn again for putting his name forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: He should go from Cork to Limerick, and then the Chair can give him tea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Apologies. We have been in and out of the Seanad voting a couple of times. I have read all of the submissions and heard most of the opening presentations but I might not have heard all of the questions, so if I repeat something, the Chairman might let me know. Much of what I was going to ask has been covered anyway. Is there a medical reason for a 48-hour antigen test versus a 72-hour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Someone may have asked my next question but I did not hear the answer to it. I am not even sure if this exact question was asked. If someone flies over for the day to a Liverpool or Manchester United match, gets an antigen test before going and then mingles with 50,000 people in a stadium before returning, is the test he or she got before leaving valid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: For example, someone could get an antigen test at lunchtime on a Friday, fly out on Saturday morning and fly back Saturday night or early Sunday morning and still be within the 48-hour window. If it was a PCR test taken on Friday morning, that person could come back Sunday evening. This may be a question for the Department of Health. While the announced restrictions have to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is not doing anything other than incurring a cost for people. If their tests are positive before they fly, they obviously should not fly but this mechanism will not necessarily pick up anyone who catches something on a short trip. It is just a cost to them and does not do much for public health that these people would not be doing anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: For the departing flight but not for the returning flight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Does that have to do with the viral load?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Everything that can be done to keep infectious people from infecting other people and bringing an infection that is not in the country into the country is positive, be they returning to Ireland or coming to visit, but there appear to be gaps in the system whereby people will get caught otherwise. Regarding the border management unit, there was a reference to 100 people being caught without...