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Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Accessibility improvements to public transport services are being advanced in the context of Transport for All, which is my Department's sectoral plan pursuant to the Disability Act 2005. The plan promotes the principle of mainstreaming by requiring accessibility to be an integral element of public transport services and sets out a series of policy objectives and targets for all modes of...

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: It is public transport. It is transport on a public bus fleet being provided to try to meet the needs of residents. I want to see all forms of public transport being made available and being accessible to everybody in the country, but I note that €74 million has been spent since 2006 by this and previous Governments to make our public transport more accessible for everybody. If I...

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am answering the Deputy's question in regard to the overall fleet.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Many services from across the country go to Connolly Station as the Deputy well knows and if those measures were not in Connolly he would, understandably, criticise me. In 2015 alone, 40 additional wheelchair accessible bus stops were made available in 20 towns across the country.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: A grant of up to €10,000 per vehicle has been proposed and is available to make taxis and hackney vehicles more accessible.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: In his rush to make his point to me, the Deputy clearly did not listen to a single word I said.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: In my contribution, I made it very clear that measures have taken place in Dublin and also in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I also made it very clear that we have put 40 schemes in place in 20 towns across the country.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The very reason these measures have been put in place is that I am fully aware of my national responsibility.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: That is why this and previous Governments have invested over €70 million to make public transport more accessible.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: We are doing this to put in place with the limited funding we have all the measures we can afford and that are available to us to make public transport as accessible as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Roads Authority Projects (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The total cost of the project is in excess of €800 million. The land cost alone will be approximately €100 million. Deputy Catherine Murphy spoke about this issue earlier. The total cost of delivering all of the projects we discussed is just over €100 million. The main challenge I face in a project of this scale is that funding cannot be secured; we are instead trying...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Roads Authority Projects (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to providing for balanced regional development, which is why we have invested in tourism and made great progress in attracting foreign direct investment in many parts of the country. We appreciate the need for investment and employment to be generated across the island. On the contribution of transport, we are continuing to support the maintainenance of the local...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am conscious that a decision on whether to proceed with the DART underground project under the current railway order must be made by September if the CPO conditions applicable to the order are to be met. The National Transport Authority has been carrying out technical reviews of all the greater Dublin area public transport projects and I am awaiting delivery of its...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: On the Deputy's latter point, I expect that once we decide on the projects to be progressed in the short to medium term, we will be able to apply for and, I hope, receive European funding for such projects as happened in the case of similar projects in the past. Public transport projects are under way, including the Luas cross-city project which has been in receipt of support from European...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I must point out again that, while I have responsibility for overall policy and funding for the national roads programme, the construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads are matters for the National Roads Authority, NRA, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. I understand the proposed M7 Naas bypass widening scheme which follows the alignment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I agree with the Deputy that the maintenance and, where necessary, the creation of good national roads are crucial to how the economy moves and our ability to move goods and services throughout the country. It is also crucial to make sure the national finances continue to improve and that if we commit to a project, we have the ability to fund it. The Deputy will be aware that a condition of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy acknowledges that this is a very significant amount of money from the taxpayer. It is easily comparable to, if not greater than, the private sector investment put into the millennium business park and the surrounding area. It is receiving priority for the future, provided funding is available, because of how busy the existing roads in the area, in particular the M7, are and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Roads Authority Projects (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding for the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects, including the M20, are matters for the National Roads Authority, NRA, under the Roads Acts. 1993 to 2007, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.  Given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dublin City Centre Transport Study (17 Jun 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Nobody involved in the process has the objective of seeking to turn our city centre into a no-go zone or to get to a point at which our city is hollowed out. The objective of the proposals the city council is putting forward is the opposite of this. It wants to create a more vibrant and sustainable city centre balancing the huge number of people passing through it with the needs of the...