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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Vehicles (23 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public service vehicles which are currently wheelchair accessible; and the percentage of the entire fleet that number represents. [14621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (28 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify comments he made in February 2017 regarding his apparent support for the potential establishment of a third, privately operated terminal at Dublin airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (28 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: 559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide further detail on the new review of airport capacity with a view to building a third terminal at Dublin airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15280/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. We are now in day six of the strike. I hope the Minister will acknowledge that the public and the workers are now suffering the consequences of his inaction. I would like to get back to a factual conversation about how we arrived at the financial crisis we are facing. I would like the Minister to acknowledge that one of the causes of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: Outsourcing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: Is the Minister aware that rail and tram service funding is higher per passenger than it is for bus services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: I did, but I did not receive an answer.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: It concerns the programme for civil aviation mentioned on page 5. The graph on page 3, on longer term expenditure trends, suggests the Department's expenditure is half what it was in 2008. Is the Minister working towards bringing it back up to that level? What are the plans?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: Will the Minister expand on "miscellaneous services" mentioned on page 5? Do the moneys under the heading include staff pay? Does the Minister know offhand what the cost of staffing is? I recently read media reports which stated the Department was having difficulty in recruiting.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: That is fair enough.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: I am curious as to why the capital carryover, of €4.6 million, was not spent last year. On subhead B6, carbon reduction, the figure appears to be much lower. I refer to estimated expenditure in 2017, for which I would like an explanation.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: Would the two combined amount to the same figure?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: What was the second one?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: Are we continuing on to roads improvement?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: The spend in subhead B3 was less than half of what was needed. What is the figure the Minister believes is required for 2017? Also, we are missing information on the national roads. Will the committee get that?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: B3 includes national roads and administration costs but we only have figures for local and regional roads.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: I cannot see a figure for national roads.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry; it is my fault. What page is that figure on?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: My apologies.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017)

Imelda Munster: It would be remiss of me not to ask the Minister this next question. I refer to the subhead on page 9 on public and sustainable transport investment. It is about the Minister's public service obligation, PSO, figures for this year.