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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There is constant engagement between the Department and TII. These are annual calculations. What is important now is that the Government and the three party leaders are engaged to ensure that all options are explored to ensure commuters are not incurring the costs and the issue is resolved.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There was an increase this year.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There was.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: I will get back to the Chairman on that point.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy makes a very valid point. If we want to encourage people onto public transport we need to make sure that those are moving efficiently. Putting bus lanes on our national roads is under consideration. This is to try to help the movement of buses, and to help with exactly the issues highlighted by the Deputy. It is very valid point.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Also, the legislation will be different. What happens in the North is different to what happens down here in the South with regard to the legislative process around that. Certainly, it is being looked at here for our national roads.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: It is to be published very shortly. This is under the remit of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. This will be one of the most far-reaching and ambitious rail reviews. It will be all-island. I understand it will be published very shortly. I believe it will be brought to the Government first before publication.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy will be aware that we have introduced other fare initiatives such as the 20% reduction in public transport fares, the 50% young adult card, and the Transport for Ireland 90-minute city ticket. I take Deputy's point, however, that we are ensuring that we are continuing to encourage people to take public transport and do whatever we can to reduce fares, to keep facilitating the use...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: This is under constant review. It is about Exchequer funding and how best we could ensure that we are reducing the cost of transport for everybody on our public service obligation, PSO routes including our students. As the Deputy has said, it has been extended to 16 17 and 18-year-olds who are into full-time third level education. We want to continue this but it will depend on Exchequer...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There are eight toll roads, the M50 and-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There are ten.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes the M50 and the port tunnel.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: "No" Is the answer to that. I will come back to the Chairman with the detail. I had forgotten to mention earlier with regard to the M50, that those tolls also go towards the maintenance of national routes across the country. I just want to include that point.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: No.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: I would have to come back to the Chairman with the detail on that just to be sure.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: No.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: No.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes, there is constant engagement with the Departments and TII.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Essentially it was because of the consumer price index, CPI.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There are contracts with the eight PPPs and there are contractual obligations around that. It is a complex area; hence the discussions that need to happen between TII and-----