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

Shane Ross: -----as quickly as possible, is because Deputy Eamon Ryan and his Fianna Fáil friends were in government together as the country was going down the financial tubes.

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

Shane Ross: It could never have been afforded. What we are doing-----

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

Shane Ross: -----is acknowledging happily that the plan produced by Deputy Eamon Ryan when he was in government was a very good one.

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

Shane Ross: The Green Party in government was good at one thing and that was producing plans. It could not, unfortunately, deliver on anything at all.

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

Shane Ross: I have no doubt-----

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

Shane Ross: -----Deputy Eamon Ryan has his ambitions to get his chance again, and perhaps he will.

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

Shane Ross: I have told Deputy Troy the answer to that question.

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

Shane Ross: We will be replacing that with a dangerous overtaking offence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: Is this the question from Deputy Troy on the spending of €35 million?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The breakdown of the total Exchequer provision for tourism services by subhead will be available in the Revised Estimates Volume, REV, for public services which will be published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It is not possible to provide details of the specific amounts allocated to the various subheads within the Vote in advance of the publication of the Revised...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: It is appropriate to say there is one thing about which Deputy Troy and I agree. That is that the tourism agencies, Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, have done a spectacularly good job. As Deputy Troy is aware, tourism figures are improving and continue to defy gravity, despite the effects of Brexit, one of which was a plunge in the value of sterling. The numbers of visitors year on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I know the Deputy regrets this but his own area of the country is benefitting from it as well, as he knows. The tourism agencies have embraced very widely the idea put forward so eloquently by one of his colleagues, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran. They have embraced the idea and it will run hard. It will be part of the continued success of the Irish tourism boom.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 73 together. Public transport passenger numbers have increased in recent years reflecting broader economic and employment growth. The NTA’s recent Bus & Rail Statistics bulletin shows over 250 million passenger journeys were provided nationally last year on public obligation services provided by the transport operators. I welcome these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The transit of foreign military forces through Irish airspace and airports is a longstanding practice, which began shortly after the Second World War. The vast majority of these movements of military forces have been to and from the United States. Successive Irish Governments have maintained this practice and these facilities have never been withdrawn or suspended during many different...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: AsI have indicated before, the Attorney General has raised issues in relation to the proposed legislation on a minimum passing distance. Currently, my Department is engaging with the Attorney General's Office with a view to implementing alternative solutions which are legally robust. I expect this legislation to be in place before the end of the year. As to other initiatives, I am happy to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: In my reply to a similar question by the Deputy in September, I informed the Deputy that the study had taken longer than originally anticipated, as it has proven more complex than initially envisaged, and that it was being finalised with the intention of publishing in the coming weeks. I am informed that the study is now finalised, is at the printers and will be published by the IMDO before...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 102 together. My priorities in respect of road traffic legislation have been focused on legislation which is immediately needed. In that context, my Department is currently working on a Road Traffic Bill to provide, in the main, for graduated penalties for speeding offences. While not a priority at this time, the consolidation of the Road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: Proposals to deliver an upgraded East-West route linking Dundalk to Sligo, taking in Cavan, involve linking elements of the national road network and regional roads along as direct a route as possible. Essentially the route involves upgrade/realignment works on the regional routes from Dundalk to Cavan and on national routes from Cavan to Sligo. As regards the regional road aspect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Reviews (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The internal review of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders, 1973 and 1989 is currently being finalised by my Department The internal review is examining the Statutory Instrument primarily from an administrative and legal perspective. There is no proposal to change the long-standing Government policy of permitting aircraft used by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 82 together. As the Deputy is aware BusConnects is one of the flagship investments to be delivered under Project Ireland 2040 and the 10-year National Development Plan. Public transport in the city is dominated by the bus, around two-thirds of all public transport trips in Dublin are taken by bus. It is clear therefore, that the bus is the main...