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- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Nolan estimate how much income this will be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: On the mix of projects, transport is one of the three main areas where we will fail to meet our emissions targets. This will cost us. It should be remembered that the Luas project fell of the tracks, as it were, about 15 years ago and other rail projects were completed instead. The project was originally announced in 1996 so it is a long time coming. The metro is the only other big...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Only right rail.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: The next issue is a strange one. A Japanese invasive plant is causing all sorts of problems and it is growing along some of the networks. According to a television report I watched on the issue, it is a difficult plant to deal with. How is TII dealing with it and how much is it costing to do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: How much is it costing? What is the effective spend to stop the weed from spreading so that we do not incur further costs into the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: If we do not spend now, will we end up spending more in the long run?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: In one of the TII's PPP projects there was a dispute with an underbidder and significant legal costs were incurred. In terms of the procurement process, what lessons have been learned from that? Were lessons learned in terms of the procurement process itself and dispute resolution mechanisms so that such situations can be avoided in the future? Those legal costs would probably not have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I understand that people have an entitlement to a judicial review. Mr. O'Neill made reference to the need for a very well-run public procurement process that is transparent. Were any lessons learned from the procurements that did result in a challenge? Did TII learn any lessons with regard to spending at the beginning of the public procurement process to mitigate against possible...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I am trying to find out if TII learned any specific lessons from the aforementioned experience?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Can Mr. O'Neill specify some of those? Is there anything that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: On that point, I presume land is sometimes sold back. Does the TII discount that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I am glad the Chairman raised Sallins and Osberstown and the N7. I remember a county engineer in Kildare calculating that approximately 80% of all the traffic that comes to or goes from Dublin comes through Kildare. When people avoid those roads there is additional traffic on minor roads in Kildare, which adds to the maintenance costs. There is a local as well as a national element. It is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: The judgment obviously impacted on that. It is collected from the individuals who pay the tolls. It would not be possible to repay everyone the 23% even if TII was to go that way because somebody might have gone through it only once. Who decided there was not going to be a reduction for people? Who decided it would be a 23% increase on tolls? That is how it was read by some people. Who...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I ask Mr. O'Neill to stop just there for a second. Is it absorbed into the amount people pay or is it on some other element of this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: So TII did not increase the tolls.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Mr. Nolan mentioned that multipoint tolling is a demand management measure. There is no doubt there is a significant issue with congestion and that obviously would require other expenditure. I would favour a big investment in public transport as a demand management measure. Does Mr. Nolan plan for additional tolls on the M50 as a demand management measure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: With regard to congestion, TII has stated it modelled its priorities and looked at congestion. Obviously it looked at accident rates. Twenty years ago a figure was arrived at on how much a fatality would cost so something could be put in as a cost benefit. It is a terrible way to do these things, but it has to be measured in some way. What figure is used? I know TII does not look at...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: And a serious injury?