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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It was in formal infrastructure plans of previous Governments.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It was.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that it is important to have a proper BusConnects system. There is no doubt about that but the truth of the matter is that Navan is the largest town by far in the State without access to a rail line. Meath is the biggest dormitory and commuter county and Meath people are living in Meath without the facility to commute. No other county has the same level of outward working as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Not the infrastructure. The infrastructure is not being built in Meath at all.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is the population and that is the danger.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the Boyne greenway; and when the greenway will be built. [46284/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Boyne greenway has the ability to become the most important greenway in Ireland. It is internationally recognised for having a large concentration of very important heritage sites. The Boyne Valley has Brú na Bóinne, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. It has Trim Castle, the Hill of Tara and the site of the Battle of the Boyne. There are dozens of smaller important...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes I feel that there are two understandings of the word "time". There is how citizens understand it in their normal lives.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a different understanding of time in the context of how the administration of this country works. I passed a motion almost 14 years ago at council level for this particular project and it still has not come into being in any real way. It is amazing. The tourism potential of this project is massive. The Minister knows that cycling and walking tourism are taking off around the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Trim and Drogheda.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenways Provision (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Unfortunately, tourism in Meath at the moment consists of a coach tour from a Dublin hotel to visit Newgrange and Trim Castle,before returning to a Dublin hotel for dinner. There is little left for Meath in terms of income. Walking tourism allows for people to stay within a location for five, six, seven or eight days. Their visits can include bed and breakfast accommodation, hotels and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of towns with a population of over 1,000 persons that do not have a daily commuting bus service. [46286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants that have been put in place to support the transition to electric vehicles. [46128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment in public transport per person in rural areas versus Dublin city. [46285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has collected in VAT on fuel per year in the past five years. [46330/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue his Department has made through excise duties on fuel per year in the past five years. [46329/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of persons who avail of rail transport in the State each day. [46131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider examining the backdating of the incapacitated child tax credit; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the credit can only be awarded for four backdated years and that many have looked for services for longer than that to get their children diagnosed. [46503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (22 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the meetings that officials from his Department attended with several groups (details supplied) in the past five years in which Moore Street was discussed; if he will identify the persons who were in attendance at each of these meetings; the proposals that were suggested; and if he will release the minutes of each meeting....