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Other Questions: Traffic Management (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for his partly positive response. It might be sensible for him to sit back and look at this when it is presented at the end of May, and then make a judgment on it. However, it is a very serious proposal that will require an enormous amount of funding. For those who say we have no vision and no plans, here is a concrete and very constructive plan for relieving congestion...

Other Questions: Traffic Management (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I anticipate that the launch of this project will happen before the end of the month and I am quite happy to have a debate in the House, to answer questions or to go to the joint committee on this issue, perhaps with the NTA. Anything that is necessary in order to inform people of this, I will do it. However, I do not think it would be helpful if we started suggesting the record of the...

Other Questions: Railway Stations (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 68 together. The Deputy is presumably aware that issues such as those set out above are operational matters for Iarnród Éireann and not issues in which I have any statutory function. I am, however, informed by Iarnród Éireann that the company has instituted some remote monitoring from Howth Junction covering all stations along...

Other Questions: Railway Stations (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I am told by Iarnród Éireann that it has not changed its staffing policies at DART stations, although it is keeping all this under review. If the Deputy-----

Other Questions: Railway Stations (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: If the Deputy has any specific cases, I would be happy to bring them to Iarnród Éireann's attention. I am not aware of them but I will certainly do so, and I will ensure that the company responds to the Deputy.

Other Questions: Railway Stations (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: Deputy Brendan Ryan is welcome to take me up on my offer about safety and the lack of staff in any particular instance where he believes that is the case. On mobility, Iarnród Éireann plans to confirm new pilot arrangements for mobility-impaired customers requiring assistance very shortly. These will dramatically reduce the advice notice time and ensure a better response when...

Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue in the House today. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport. The National Transport Authority has responsibility for the development of public transport infrastructure in the greater Dublin area, which includes County Meath, and Iarnród Éireann is responsible...

Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Tóibín, who makes a very good case. I do not dispute that for a second. It is fair enough that Navan is the largest town in the country without a rail line. Some town has to be the largest town in this country without a rail line. Someone was going to make that case at some time. However, the Deputy makes a good case and provided he makes a good commercial case,...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Burke for raising this important issue. I am familiar with the site as I visited it recently with the Deputy's colleague, Deputy Moran. It is useful to have this debate again with Deputy Burke. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Within its annual budget the planning,...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I take the Deputy's point about road safety, which is particularly pertinent. Safety has certainly been compromised in many places. One of my prime objectives as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is to reduce the number of road deaths and non-fatal road collisions. I will advise Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, of this particular project which the Deputy has raised and will...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “recognises that: — there is clear and compelling evidence of increasing levels of traffic congestion across the Dublin Region; — congestion is already presenting a significant cost to the economy of the Dublin Region and, if unaddressed, could...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: Other projects include metro north, elements of the DART expansion programme, bus, bus rapid transit, heavy rail, light rail and sustainable transport programmes. These projects will all add capacity to our transport system.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: Luas cross-city is coming now, this year, and Deputy O'Brien knows that. The motion assumes no forward planning for public transport. It fails to acknowledge the NTA transport strategy for the greater Dublin area, which sets out a clear vision for transport planning in the greater Dublin area for the period 2016-35. Furthermore, the NTA has been actively developing specific proposals to...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: Funding has been provided in the capital plan for the redesign and planning of the tunnel-----

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: -----as well as the extension of the DART to Balbriggan.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: The DART expansion programme, including the underground element, is a key part of the NTA's transport strategy.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: The NTA and Irish Rail are currently working to progress the pre-planning stage of the DART expansion programme, which is not something I would countenance if the underground element had been cancelled. Finally, there is the issue of funding. It should not be a case, as proposed in the motion, of simply committing as part of the mid-term review of the capital plan to further public...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: It certainly does not lie in major road development. While the large-scale projects set out in the NTA's transport strategy are a vital piece of the overall solution in the long term, we need to deliver improvements now. We have a sense of urgency about this. Despite what Deputies say, we do have a vision. Congestion is not confined to a single corridor and it cannot be solved by focusing...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: The NTA-----

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: May I finish this paragraph?