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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Mullaney for his submission. I call on Mr. Des Foley from Meath County Council to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I call on Niamh Bean Uí Loinsigh of the Julianstown and District Community Association to make her contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Before I open the meeting to the members, I wish to clarify some facts with the Department. In its submission, it was invited to speak about the Julianstown bypass and would have been notified about this. In the Department's opening statement given to the committee, Julianstown was mentioned twice: once in the headline, and then in the last line. I am unhappy - and this is not a personal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The analysis the Department needs to do is of planning policy in Louth County Council and Meath County Council, the permissions that are extant and the land that has been zoned. Many people using east Meath routes are from the area. The ongoing congestion is the result of significant developments in the area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I understand 500 railcars are being ordered this year. I understand the project will be delivered much earlier than 2027.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: To be helpful, I understand the DART will be extended to Drogheda once the new carriages have been constructed. The tender has issued. It will be much quicker than 2027 because it will not be necessary to wait for the electrification of the line. Maybe we could ask the clerk of the committee whether it is in order to write to the National Transport Authority to get clarity on that. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have that information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have it with me today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The carriages are being ordered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Once the carriages are ordered, Drogheda is in line for the first delivery, which will be before 2027.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: TII has informed me that it is for the Department to make recommendations. TII will accept those recommendations, but the Department makes those recommendations and not TII.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I have been told and, therefore, what Mr. Mullaney said is not correct. The Department will do it, not TII.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is my point exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: As it stands, if the Minister were to put it on his priority list, it would, de facto, also be on the TII list. If it is not, it will never be done, so we have to get the project on that list. I need an answer to one question and then I will call Deputy Breathnach. I accept that all options must be examined and option No. 4 been identified as needing more work. We have all the facts. How...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask Mr. Whyatt to comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Funding would be needed for that process. How could that be acquired? Does it exist? If so, can the survey be done now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Department is telling us this today. If in six months we and the Department have much more data, that will push the case. I agree the process has to be incremental, strategic and equitable in all regards. If we do not start the process, however, we will never get anywhere. I accept that this is not the end of the process. It is, however, the beginning of moving the process on from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Exactly.