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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: It is not peer-reviewed. Okay. Does the report look at actual speeds on our network or does it assume that vehicles are travelling at the speed limit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Okay. Does Mr. Brady know of any analysis, or has TII done any analysis, that looks at actual speeds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Has it been done on a network basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: The input assumption of this report is that people are travelling at the speed limit, which could be different to the actual speed at which they are travelling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Can Mr. Brady tell me about the success of the M7 and M50 average speed cameras?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Okay. It is just the M7 on which TII those limits are in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: It is fair to say it has been significantly successful and people are maintaining the speed limit. That has been shown over the course of the trial and the implementation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: We have a situation where the average speed cameras have a significant impact on driver behaviour. It is true to say that when they are there, drivers will drive at the speed limit for the most part. However, this report does not look at actual speeds that are being driven on our network and, therefore, if that is the input assumption, the output of the report is absolutely flawed. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: It needs to be across the network and the system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: The message then is that this is not the only thing we should do as policymakers. We should look at the whole system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: TII is doing analysis. Okay, I thank the witnesses.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Will the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science report on the initiatives he plans to encourage the recruitment of apprentices in the renewable energy sector, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed answer. It gives me a great deal of confidence to hear an answer like that because the challenge we have as a society is one of total reform as we take on this very significant and monumental challenge which is climate change. If we could fast-forward a few years, we could probably see that our energy, transport, housing and agriculture sectors...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I am very familiar with Skillnet Ireland. I met some of its people in the University of Limerick recently and they told me about the micro-credential programmes they have, which are very interesting and innovative. I welcome the Minister of State's answer. Something that has been reported recently, and certainly the employer representatives...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: As the Taoiseach will be aware, in 2019 there were plebiscites in his home city of Cork and in Waterford and Limerick with respect to bringing in legislation for directly elected mayors for the cities. Cork and Waterford did not decide to go ahead with this but Limerick did. We are three and a half years on but there is no sight of the legislation. It seems that it has been deprioritised....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new active transport infrastructure projects completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of upgraded active transport infrastructure projects completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of active transport infrastructure completed in 2021 including location of delivery, length of active transport route at each location, cost of project and nature of work completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all the proposed active transport projects that applied for funding in 2021 but were incomplete by the end of Q4 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the funds allocated to each local authority in 2021; the amount of funds unspent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51373/22]