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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It would be helpful if Ms Forsythe gave us best practice in other cities or countries where practical plans have been fulfilled.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will certainly do that after Christmas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Ryan will have the opportunity to count them because we are going to have to wrap up shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We will take Mr. Ferrie up on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We will definitely take Mr. Ferrie up on that. Absolutely. It will probably be after Christmas, if that is okay. He can communicate with the committee secretariat. I thank all the witnesses very much. It has been very useful. The joint committee will now suspend until 11.50 a.m., when we will have a session with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the National Transport...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I apologise for the late start to the session. It is my fault. We listened to everybody in the last session and ensured we heard them all. I appreciate that we ate into the time that had been given for this session's witnesses, who are very welcome. I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones completely, please, as they interfere with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is great. I did not know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: What we want is a formal arrangement. I appreciate and acknowledge that the Department meets such representatives, but we propose that Department officials meet them every quarter and that an agenda be prepared. There is an agenda. That is what they want and that is what our committee would like.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: 50-50. That is good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Deputy. A lot of people who have cars came from the west of Ireland. Some came from Dublin. I hear what the Deputy is saying. It is good. I invite Ms Anne Graham of the NTA to make her opening statement, followed by officials from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That was nicely brief. It gives us the opportunity to take a lot of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The biggest issue arising from the earlier session earlier was the issue of establishing a national cycling office, which would not necessarily be located in the National Transport Authority because its statutory remit extends only to Dublin city and surrounding areas. This new office should drive the agenda for change and investment and push...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will Facebook be used to get people to engage? What will the Department do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It does not have a policy function.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is a technical service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I hear what the Deputy is saying but I also hear the NTA and I have great respect for the work it does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to make this point in a fair way. I have the greatest respect for the work the NTA does. The issue is not so much with the design because we accept that this has to be done by professionals and qualified persons who are able to do the job. The issue for the cycling representatives we met today is one of policy and who drives policy nationally. It should not be the function of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is not a policy office.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Does that come under rural affairs funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sure Ms Hanlon is coming to that point.