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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The most recent (2018) round of the SCP attracted a record 2,337 applications. Allocations were announced in January, May and November of last year with a total of over...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Climate, Energy, Communications and Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: A funding package of up to €70 million was announced on Friday 19th June to support the sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding package will be administered by Sport Ireland, which is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport. This funding package includes; - Funding of up to €40m for the three main...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Deputy has clarified that he is referring to 2020. Fáilte Ireland unveiled its new national domestic marketing campaign, ‘Ireland, make a break for it’, to the tourism and hospitality industry on 25th June 2020 and it has since gone live across all media. This is a major drive to encourage people to take domestic breaks this summer. I have referred the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is an operational matter for the Road Safety Authority. 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: Public Transport (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that this Question is a follow up to the Deputy's Question on 16 June (PQ 10972/20 ref 848), which related to funding for the 15 Transport Coordination Units (TCUs) nationwide, also known as Local Link Offices. As my predecessor advised the Deputy in his reply on 16 June, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. These matters are the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority. I have therefore referred the Questions 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: Greenways Provision (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware, a specific reference to this Greenway is included in the Programme for Government and it is also referenced in New Decade, New Approach as an important cross-border project. Leitrim County Council submitted an application to my Department for funding support under the Carbon Tax fund. That fund will support the planning and design of Greenway projects to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Current public health advice is to avoid all non-essential international travel into Ireland. The frequency of flights operating into Ireland from the United States is currently very low and passenger numbers are a fraction of normal levels. The few flights that are operating from the US are facilitating the repatriation of citizens, the movement of essential workers to Ireland and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 190 together. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. It also has national responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, current Government advice to people is to avoid all non-essential travel overseas, based on the advices of our public health experts. However, there are no flight restrictions in place in Ireland, and there have not been any at any stage since the Government first responded to the threat from Covid-19. This means that the operation of flights remains a commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, the Taoiseach has appointed Hildegarde Naughton, TD Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for International and Road Transport and Logistics. Officials are at present preparing the text of the necessary Government Order to formally delegate the agreed functions to Minister Naughton, and I expect this work to be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Expenditure (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is aware that details of expenditure by local authorities is not a matter for my Department and I am not therefore in a position to answer for specific expenditure details for all 31 local authorities. In 2019 my Department allocated approximately €71million to support walking and cycling through a number of different programmes, such as the active travel programme, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is an operational matter for the Road Safety Authority. 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment that the Government will publish a series of immediate actions to support the economy - the "July Stimulus". In this context the Government will, among other things, consider further additional measures that may be needed to support the tourism and hospitality sector. My Department has liaised with other Government departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Funding (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport, including the management of funds provided to the National Transport Authority (NTA) to carry out its functions. Noting the NTA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred your...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy will know that I am very much in favour of increasing the number of people who choose to make active travel part of their daily journeys. I am glad to say that the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future contains a number of important commitments in the area of active travel, and indeed sustainable mobility generally, that I look forward to implementing in the months and years...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Up to 2013, vehicles were declared off the road retrospectively. The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act came into effect on 1 July 2013. The primary purpose of the Act was to replace the system whereby a vehicle was declared off the road retrospectively with a system under which the vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. The procedure where vehicles were declared off the road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Motor tax legislation provides for refunds in certain limited circumstances, where: - a vehicle has been scrapped or destroyed; - a vehicle has been permanently exported; - a vehicle has been stolen and has not been recovered by the owner; - a vehicle in respect of which a tax disc has been taken out has not been used in a public place at any time since the issue of the disc; - the owner...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery has now completed its work and has produced its final report, which is available on the Department of Transport's web site. The report contains a number of recommendations aimed at ensuring that air travel can be reopened in a safe and sustainable manner and that can enable the re-establishment of Ireland’s...