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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: After a number of very successful years, indications are that 2018 will prove to be another good year for tourism in Ireland. Sentiment in the industry both overseas and here at home is generally positive for the remainder of 2018. Tourism Ireland’s aim is to grow overseas tourism revenue by a further +5% this year and to increase the number of overseas visitors by 2%. The early...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.  Within its capital budget, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of local authorities, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 532 and 533 together. The implications of Brexit for Ireland’s ports and airports will become clearer once the EU-UK negotiations have been completed and the future relationship between the EU and the UK has been settled. As with other Departments and agencies across the State, my Department and its agencies are preparing for the different potential...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: Clean and energy efficient vehicles have an important role to play in achieving Ireland's policy objectives of reducing energy consumption and lessening our levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and I am strongly committed to facilitating the uptake of low-emission vehicles and technologies in the public transport sector, for bus, rail and taxis. As the Deputy will be aware, the recently...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The National Transport Authority's (NTA) Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area provides the overarching framework for the planning and delivery of transport infrastructure and services for Dublin over the next two decades. The recently published National Development Plan (NDP), which was launched earlier this year by Government as part of Project Ireland 2040, also confirms...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Tourism Ireland. I have referred the Deputy's Question to Tourism Ireland for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Integrated Ticketing (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The NTA Transport Strategy for the GDA 2016-2035 provides the overarching framework for the planning and delivery of transport infrastructure and services for Dublin over the next two decades. The measures proposed in the strategy are linked to an analysis of current and projected levels of travel demand across the region. The NTA Strategy envisages renewal, replacement and upgrading of...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I am very sorry that this debate has taken the turn it has, particularly in the recent speech. It is imperative that I point that this is a very serious matter. I take very seriously the views of people on the other side of this House and I respect them. I respect the claim of many of them to speak for rural Ireland and to hold sincerely held views which are not held by the majority of...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: Even to say that an inconvenience to people, who are breaking the law, by the way, is in some way is of equal importance to the deaths they cause is quite farcical and holds no water. There may be arguments about levels. There may be justifiable arguments, and there are, about rural Ireland. I think Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said that the problem was there beforehand, and it is. I...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I agree that we must recognise and tackle them. That is our duty as a Government, but that does not mean that we should allow people to drive up and down the roads of Dublin or rural Ireland when they have had too much to drink. To say, as so many speakers have said, that this is not rural-proofed is, again, dishonest. If we are talking about it numerically, several speakers have quite...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I will answer Deputy Mattie McGrath's questions.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I have plenty of time, as the Deputy will probably appreciate.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: Deputy Mattie McGrath raised several questions today and yesterday. They were the same on several occasions.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: He did not get an answer because I have only just stood up. It would be very difficult for me to answer when I was not speaking.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: Let me answer the Deputy's question about people who failed the test umpteen times. He is suggesting that people who failed the test umpteen times are apparently being victimised. They failed the test for very good reasons. They failed the test because they are not safe on the roads on their own. The Deputy is suggesting to me that somehow if they fail the test even more times, they...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I am not prepared to accept that.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: They are either qualified to drive or they are not qualified to drive.