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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Okay. I will tease that out further as well. Regarding the new laws that came into force last week, have additional resources been provided to An Garda Síochána for enforcement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. O'Leary does not know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I will tease that out as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: This is my second last question. Are there any current plans for a cycling division in the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We established earlier that it is walking and greenways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How many staff are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is the broad sustainable transport area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How many are in the group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know. This question has a "yes" or "no" answer and is for Ms Graham. When we discussed the disability issue in public transport previously I asked Ms Graham how long it would take, at current resource levels, to have saturation coverage in terms of vehicles that are accessible for disabled people. She answered that it would be at least ten years with current funding. I will apply the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is sufficient funding provided for maintenance and improvement of local and regional roads in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48417/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Does the Minister believe there is sufficient funding provided for maintenance and improvement of local and regional roads and will he make a statement on the matter? As he is aware, successive years of under-investment have left Ireland's regional and local roads at crisis point. Average spending in the last six years shows a deficit of nearly 40% in terms of the Department's own estimate...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That really does not answer the question at all. We are currently spending €483 million per annum. By the Minister's own admission the updated figure for what we need to spend is €630 million. I do not like the air of passing the buck yet again, as if this was a matter for somebody else and the Minister was just a non-executive director for transport and really it was the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We had a motion down last February calling on the Government to take urgent action to respond to the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, report. Has the Minister identified any change in the data that is collated by the road asset management system his Department uses to track the condition of the roads? We need to come up with a strategic plan that will increase this work to a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: One answer will do.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Transport Authority Staff (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NTA offers significantly higher salaries on average to external agency staff than it does to permanent members of staff; his views on whether this is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48146/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Transport Authority Staff (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I have forfeited my 30 seconds to save time. The Minister should go ahead.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Transport Authority Staff (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The NTA has 114 staff who are being paid an average of €73,000. By the Minister's own admission, a further 148 staff are being paid €140,000, or twice as much. This is the organisation we charge with looking after major public transport schemes and we are throwing good money after bad. Earlier we discussed the commute misery out to Fingal. The Minister actually said that...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the sports capital funds allocated for 2019 are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48145/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (21 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures planned to assist hauliers in view of the higher operating costs and considerable negative impacts that Brexit will create for the industry. [48143/19]