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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy understands my position quite as well as I understand his. He is at liberty to champion this particular cause. If I were in his position, I might well be saying the same things. I am not at liberty to intervene in a process which will take me down the road which would be absolutely chaotic, however. That is why there is a public consultation. The Deputy will understand how the...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes that:— public bus and rail services provide an essential environmentally friendly service and their use should be promoted; — Dublin Bus provides a vital and necessary public service for all citizens in Dublin and its greater area, and should...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: -----showing a big picture of the proposed network.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: I also have a copy of the information Deputy Lahart issued and his tweet on the matter. I welcome the fact that he was so enthusiastic about this project and wanted to jump into the photograph with Senator Gerry Horkan. Good luck to him. That was welcome, but today we have the language of chaos and culling from Fianna Fáil, yet here in the photo I have Deputy Lahart is standing...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: It will happen in 2020.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: Is 2019 overnight?

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: There is no announcement of an overnight change.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: That is the difference. The announcement said there would be consultations and after the consultations had been considered in November a new programme would come back. The consultations will be taken seriously and there will be further consultations after that. That is a serious business and it is not to be taken-----

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: -----as some sort of scare tactic.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: What we now have is Fianna Fáil absolutely at sea-----

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: -----with its spokesman posing for photographs at the BusConnects launch and proudly wanting to be identified with it and the other members of the party saying this, that and the other is wrong. There are problems-----

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: -----as there always are when one introduces a radical measure of this sort, but they are not insuperable and that is why the NTA is out there day and night with members of its staff listening to Members and others speak about the difficulties they have. Those concerns which are considered legitimate will be remedied. The Government is continuing to take steps to address the...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: There is not.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: There is absolutely not, not at all.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: Following on from my undertaking earlier this year to report on a regular basis to the Houses of the Oireachtas regarding regional and local road maintenance issues, my Department has placed a copy of the first report in the Oireachtas library this week, to coincide with the Dáil resuming. In it, I draw attention to a number of points.  Firstly, each...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commencement of Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising this issue.  I know he has taken quite an interest in this particular Act. I am keen to see this legislation in force as soon as possible, and my Department is working with the key stakeholders, and in particular An Garda Síochána, to bring it into effect as soon as possible. As the Deputy will be aware, the Road Traffic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 11,500 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to close to €1 billion.  The programme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 41 together. I will be publishing the Review of Oversight of Search and Rescue Aviation Operations in Ireland in the next day or so and it will be available on my Department’s website. The review was conducted as a direct response to the Air Accident Investigation Unit interim statement of March last which called on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware I worked to secure a substantial mult-annual funding allocation for cycling provision as part of Budget 2018.  The increase I secured has allowed over €110m of capital funding to be directly allocated to develop cycling and walking infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford over the period 2018-2021. This programme will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park and Ride Facilities (19 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: Recent reports show that approximately 70% of people travelling into Dublin city each morning do so by sustainable transport. Well over half of all the public transport trips are by bus; some 136 million passenger journeys annually.  It is no surprise then that Bus is the main component of the planned approach to addressing our current congestion problem and to...