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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: Deputy Munster mentioned that the trade unions and various other groups are opposed to the proposal. I have not heard any response from the trade unions on the proposal. Maybe they have issued a statement, but I have not seen it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: They are key stakeholders and I presume they will have an interest in the matter. They will be consulted, as will all of the airlines. All people who are interested in making submissions should do so, including the DAA, Ryanair, Aer Lingus and other interested groups. We will take those submissions into account. That is the purpose of the consultation process and the reason the report was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: On Deputy Troy's questions, I have no hesitation in saying that I stand by the appointment of Fingal County Council as the independent competent authority. The necessary legislation should be introduced this month. We believe we will deliver on schedule. There is no slippage in the timetable.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: We will deliver by March 2021 and the runway will be in operation by the end of 2021 as envisaged. On Deputy Eamon Ryan's question, to which I did respond earlier, the consultants were told that in making their report they should consider everything in line with Government policy and that any recommendations they made could not contradict that policy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: That is a very reasonable assertion for them to make. On Deputy Munster's question, there will be opposition. There will be parties who will not be in favour of it and there will be others who are. I have met several groups of people. In recent months - I do not know how recently - I met representatives of virtually all of the airlines. I met the McEvaddy brothers two years ago and I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I met the airlines more recently and I meet the DAA frequently. All their views, if they wish to make them known during the public consultation, will be taken into account. There will have to be a legitimate procurement process if this goes ahead, but that has not even been decided on. What we are doing at present is consulting on the basis of this report, which makes various suggestions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan. As she may be aware, some local authorities develop by-laws to license horse-drawn carriages operating commercially. Through by-laws, these local authorities set their own rules and stipulations to govern such operations. It is under Part 19 of the Local Government Act 2001 that local authorities are provided with the power to make by-laws. In most counties there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I do not want to make any promises on that because this has taken me by surprise. I do not want suddenly to make the mistake Deputy Munster made, which was to put a wrong amendment in a wrong Act, as a result of which it was legally questionable. I will, however, look at the possibility of a repeal. This document has taken my Department and me very much by surprise. I think it was only...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: Dublin City Council has told my Department how this came about. It had legal advice that it was legal and appropriate for it to make these by-laws but during a review of the 2011 by-laws, the council's law agent provided legal advice that since the 19th century Dublin Carriages Acts had not been repealed, there was no legal basis for the council to make by-laws for horse-drawn carriages. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I reject Deputy Ryan's assertions, which fly in the face of the evidence. He repeats a mantra I have heard from him so often that I do not expect him to reverse on it in the face of the evidence. I expect instead that he will keep saying it in order that some people will believe him. I am somewhat surprised by the Deputy's claim that the majority of actions under the national cycle...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: It is one hell of an improvement. We also have €53 million to support the development of new greenways in more rural areas, in line with the recently published greenways strategy. The national cycling framework contains 19 objectives with 109 supporting actions. All of these have been developed against the six broad themes of planning and infrastructure, communication and education,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I do not know. I sometimes give up. Deputy Eamon Ryan has a lot to complain about because nothing is ever quite right. When progress is made, he does not acknowledge it but other people do. People who are keen advocates of cycling do so. The Velo-City conference is coming to Dublin next year. Is that right?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: It is organised by the European Cyclists' Federation. Is that right?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The director of that series of conferences, after choosing to come to Dublin, said that Dublin is a great example of a city moving towards a more liveable, safe and active environment for its citizens. I accept that plaudit. I accept that others, apart from Deputy Eamon Ryan, recognise that we in Ireland have bought into the cycling story.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: We are doing things because the percentage of cyclists as commuters is going up. We have committed to 200 km of dedicated segregated cycle lanes in the future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: We are doing-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: -----many of the things that Deputy Eamon Ryan was advocating back in 2009.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Troy for his question. I will repeat to Deputy Eamon Ryan that he can go to whomever he likes but Velo-City has chosen Dublin for the cycling conference. It has applauded Dublin-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: -----as a city which is going in the right direction with cycling. It may be inconvenient for Deputy Eamon Ryan but when he set out on that road in 2009, which is what he or his colleague mentioned, he was sitting in Government at the time bankrupting the country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The reason that it could not be implemented-----