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Written Answers — Road Traffic Regulations: Road Traffic Regulations (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations made under section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994. [12529/07]

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Is it not the case that there has been significant slippage at political level regarding road safety? I was not putting words in the Minister's mouth. He told us in February that he expected to get the road safety strategy in March, but we have not received that yet.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: If the Minister was fully committed to doing that, he would ensure we had a current road safety strategy.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: We are now into the fourth month of the year but we do not have a current road safety strategy, which sends out a very negative message about the Minister not taking the responsibility to ensure we have a current road safety strategy. It sends out the message that there is no political interest in this. From the messages he has been getting from the European Council about road safety, he...

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is politically responsible.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Light Rail Project. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister certainly will not fix it.

Light Rail Project. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister does not know what he is talking about.

Light Rail Project. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should speak to the RPA.

Proposed Legislation. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Here we go again, the Minister's litany.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the financial envelope for metro north is sufficient to allow the line to be kept underground through Ballymun and for an acceptable station design at DCU to ensure that the project does not negatively impact on local residents, local traffic movements and the local environment. [12973/07]

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister explain how he can propose a surface metro line through a large town such as Ballymun, which has been recently regenerated, without creating severance? When I asked the same question of the Minister at the Joint Committee on Transport he did not seem to be aware that a surface design would entail high protective walls on either side.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: I am a bit more in touch than the Minister with the details of what is proposed, having discussed the matter with the RPA on a number of occasions. The Minister made a number of recent claims. He said the Red Cow roundabout coped well, but this issue is completely different. A new bridge was built at the Red Cow roundabout and grade separation took place, but in Ballymun the metro will be...

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The RPA has shown diagrams of protective walls. Is the Minister not aware of that?

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister seen the drawings?

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Nobody was in favour of it.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Metro north will be a Luas.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: With walls.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is either badly briefed or is trying to mislead the House deliberately. Is he aware the RPA is and has been for some time showing diagrams of the on-surface design with high protective walls? Is he aware the RPA has cited a figure of between €150 million and €200 million as being the difference? Why did the RPA engage in highly elaborate public consultation with four...

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should answer the question instead of simply reading from a statement.