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Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: It is National Bike Week and I ask the Minister to give a commitment to reverse the cuts to the cycling infrastructure budget he has implemented over the past two years, to outline a definitive timeframe as to when he will publish the statutory instrument to enact the minimum passing distance, and to give a clear timeframe as to when the national greenway strategy will be published.

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister's commitment to cycling over the past number of years has been questionable. According to a reply to another of my parliamentary questions, funding in 2015 was just shy of €19 million while last year it was just shy of €17 million, a reduction of approximately €11 million at a time Cycling Ireland membership increased by 720% and, according to Central...

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: I welcome the fact that the Minister acknowledges that but now that he is a convert, will he get on and do his job? He should not mind the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. He should look after his own Department. He has responsibility to ensure that this statutory instrument is published without delay. If he spent more time focusing on his own area of responsibility, it might...

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: Ten years.

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Minister has not even answered the question I asked about the percentage of funding that will be allocated.

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: Can the Minister answer that question? He cannot because he does not know.

Priority Questions: Road Safety Strategy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister has been around for 30 years.

Priority Questions: Road Safety Strategy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: They are less than what they were 12 months ago.

Other Questions: Tourism Industry (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to ask this question in the absence of Deputy Cowen. As an advocate for the designation of a heart of Ireland brand, I welcome that the Minister recently announced this brand. What criteria was applied by the Department in designating the heart of Ireland tourism geographical area and is the Minister satisfied that sufficient funding has...

Other Questions: Tourism Industry (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: It is quite bizarre for the Minister to tell me he will get Fáilte Ireland to inform me. This is not a written question and the whole purpose of submitting questions in advance of Question Time is for the Minister to come into the House fully armed with the information. I have no doubt about the research but when Ireland's Ancient East was established there was no brand for the...

Other Questions: Tourism Industry (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: I will take up the Minister's offer. Perhaps in future the Minister can provide the information in advance of the questions so that we will be better informed to ask him questions on the floor of the Dáil. On the question of marketing, we now have four distinct brands, namely, the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland's Hidden Heartlands, Ireland's Ancient East and brand Dublin. How does the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: Can we make any contributions?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: If I could be indulged with a small bit of leniency for a moment, we all made contributions - some were far more lengthy than others - but at no stage did we get an opportunity to hear the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, reply to the numerous points and questions put to him. Can the Leas-Cheann Comhairle give us the benefit of his guidance in respect of at what...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase visitor numbers from China and Hong Kong in view of the new direct air links from Hong Kong and Beijing. [25406/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of commitments to increase the frequency of the DART through the Phoenix Park tunnel to every ten minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of bus routes that are privatised will not be increased in excess of the current 10%. [25403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cuts to the cycling budget over the past two years will be revised; if a statutory instrument for placing a minimum passing distance on a legislative basis will be published; and if he will publish the national greenway strategy. [25404/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Gender Equality (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure equality between men and women in sport in view of the fact no woman appeared on the recently published report on 100 top sport earners. [25405/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24627/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a request for permission by Longford Westmeath ETB to use its resources to acquire two acres from Longford County Council to facilitate future expansion of a school (details supplied). [24628/18]