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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the DART+ Programme and its constituent projects. As part of the DART+ Programme, the DART+ West project...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy in relation to capacity and health and safety is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is strongly committed to providing all citizens with reliable and realistic sustainable mobility options, and public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. To support this objective, Government has provided increased levels of funding for public transport services in recent years. Under Budget 2024, a funding package of c. €613.463m has been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, as Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport in Ireland, including in relation to the rail network. The National Transport Authority, or NTA, has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including any upgrades to commuter lines in County...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Local Government Act 2001 provides the statutory basis for the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS), allowing funding to be provided to local authorities for the construction and improvement of non-public roads which meet certain criteria. It is important to highlight that the maintenance of non-public roads is the responsibility of the relevant landowners; local authorities only have statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), including light rail. The Transport Strategy for the GDA 2022-2042 was published by the NTA in January 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle (EV) charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable charging network is an essential part of enabling drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles A National En-Route EV Charging Network Plan was published by ZEVI in September. This Plan and associated...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to cycling and public transport infrastructure. While I am not involved in the day-to-day operations or the management of related schemes and projects, two projects in Limerick - the Limerick City University Connectivity project, and the Moyross Train Station project - were selected to be part of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), including light rail. The Transport Strategy for the GDA 2022-2042 was published by the NTA in January 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle (EV) charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable charging network is an essential part of enabling drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles A National En-Route EV Charging Network Plan was published by ZEVI in September. This Plan and associated...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I have to be upfront and honest with the Deputy. There are so many different stations I would love to introduce but we do have a limited budget. I have a budget of €35 billion and I have €100 billion worth of projects ready to go. The first additional station in that region will be in Moyross in the next two years. I believe a station in Ballysimon could have major strategic...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: That is true but the reopening of Moyross and Ballysimon stations and of the Shannon-Foynes line, as well as the western rail corridor, are not funded in the existing NDP and do need to be funded. They will come first.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm that the Government's intention, and I have to be careful now, is that we would see Údarás elections on the same day as the local and European elections. The Chief Whip will have to organise the Dáil arrangements but our intention is to have that election this year. My personal view is that if we have any future elections, to put them off for another year yet.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy can send me the details I would be happy to pass them on to the relevant Minister. Can I ask one question? What is the reason? Is there an underlying reason? Is it the upgrade of the plant or a new plant?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: But is the reason for the outages in this instance because it needs new investment or because new investment is taking place?