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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The National Transport Authority's 'Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 - 2035', which was approved and published earlier this year, proposes implementation of the DART Expansion Programme involving electrification of the Northern line as far as Drogheda, the Kildare Line to Hazelhatch, the Sligo line to Maynooth in the west and to the M3 Parkway and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority, and I have no role in procedural matters.  I have therefore referred the Question to the Authority for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The issue raised is a matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The issue raised is a matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and operation of individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting the above position,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and operation of individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting the above position,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The number of permits issued by my Department in 2015 for civilian aircraft to carry munitions of war through Irish airspace was 818.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (6 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: The payments by my Department to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) represents a reimbursement of costs incurred by the IAA in the provision of aeronautical communication services and en-route air navigation services provided by the Authority to certain specified classes of airspace users (e.g. military aircraft, State aircraft, Search and Rescue). The practice derives from the exclusion of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​I thank Deputy Troy once again for his kind comments. It is a pity that he was not present at the select committee meeting earlier to be able to make the same comments. Not only was he not there, his substitute was also not there. He should not talk to me about waking up and smelling the coffee. It looks to me as if he did not wake up at all today. Unfortunately, the Fianna...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: 2 o’clock I will correct the Deputy because he was not aware that Deputy O'Keeffe was not there this morning. I am talking about this morning. Deputy Troy should be aware of this as it was an important issue. There was a meeting of the select committee on a Supplementary Estimate of €106 million. Deputy O'Keeffe was not there. No one from Fianna Fáil was there....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: In future we will try to arrange the meetings of the committee to suit Deputy Troy so that he can shout and roar down there as well as up here. The Deputy knows well of the seriousness of the situation Bus Éireann and its Expressway services face. He knows this because I have commented on it numerous times on the floor of this House and in committee. For the Deputy to affect surprise...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: First, I thank Deputy Munster for attending the meeting of the select committee this morning. It was good to see her there.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: ​Deputy Munster can be assured that I am fully engaged with establishing an appropriate response to the challenges and needs of the transport sector. The Deputy has identified a range of issues on the industrial relations front and then implied that these issues stem from inadequate funding of public transport. I have just answered separately a priority...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: The Deputy is correct that I briefed the Cabinet yesterday. No decisions were to be made. I was keeping them informed and in touch with the current situation and its gravity, which I would not like to underestimate. One should not believe everything that one reads about what I said. The Deputy referred to cuts to six to eight routes. I addressed the issue of various routes but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: I agree that public services are not supposed to be principally or exclusively about profit making. However, as the Deputy will probably be aware, Bus Éireann cannot receive a subvention as it is purely and utterly a commercial operation. The company cannot be viewed in the same way as other semi-State bodies because it must survive without a subvention from the State. On the wider...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Coast Guard (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: There are no proposals in my Department to diminish Irish Coast Guard services or reduce the number of active stations in operation. In my response to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 15 November 2016 I outlined the legislative provisions that underpinned the activities of the Irish Coast Guard and confirmed that there was no requirement to put it on an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Coast Guard (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: I do not doubt the authenticity of the concerns to which the Deputy refers, as I have also heard them. They should be allayed, however, by the response I have provided. I reassure the Deputy that, having made inquiries into this matter, they lack substance. On the issue of whether the Irish Coast Guard lacks grounding on a statutory basis, let me spell out the reason it is sufficiently...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Coast Guard (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: It is landlocked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Coast Guard (7 Dec 2016)

Shane Ross: I do not believe it is necessary and I certainly do not believe it is a majority or particularly vocal view. It is, however, one I have heard around the place, albeit without great authority. No one in the Irish Coast Guard has made representations to me on the issue and I pass the Irish Coast Guard office every day. If I receive any official, authoritative or credible representations I...