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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Then not this moment.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Are we not dealing with public expenditure B - land transport?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Is that not roads?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: But that is the Minister's speech, not the-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: It is section B, land transport.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: So do I.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I understood we were doing it section by section.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I acknowledge the marginal increase this year with regard to funding under land transport. However, I have a number of concerns. Deputy O'Keeffe has already highlighted one that concerns the condition of our regional and county roads. We brought forward a Private Members' motion in January 2018 to which the Minister undertook to reply and outline clearly how he and the Department intend to...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Is that a political decision?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Ultimately it is the Minister's position to direct policy. It is the job of the NTA to implement that policy. I am just trying ascertain the Minister's own position on this.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: With respect, what is being said here today is that with the best will in the world and everything going to plan, no new trains will be ordered until the fourth quarter of 2019.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: How many will commence in 2022?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: If we ordered them now we would have them two years sooner.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I do not mean to be rude to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae but perhaps the Minister could finish answering our questions and then bring in the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: The Minister has started to answer the questions.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I am sorry to interrupt but a lot of the Minister's answers this morning are like a copy and paste from the Ireland 2040 document. He is outlining the Department's aspirations over a longer period of time. While a lot of those aspirations and commitments are welcome like Deputy Murphy, I am interested in the here and now, in this year. I am merely seeking the figure for 2018 for the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: The 2018 figure for cycling is €8 million. Can I take that as a given?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: With all due respect, I have read the plan for 2040. I have read about BusConnects and I know what is promised. I asked specific questions this morning in relation to the bottlenecks and the pinch points identified by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. Is the Minister aware of them, have they been costed and when can they be implemented? That would help with congestion here and now. I also...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Yes, but more funding will be required to identify them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Has the NTA made an application for funding?