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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Train Control Centre or NTCC project is designed to deliver a modern, safe and efficient national train control system that can effectively meet the needs of a growing railway over the coming decades. There are a number monitoring and reporting procedures that my Department has in place to review the progress of the NTCC, as I will outline. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) including, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann, the DART+ programme. The DART+ Programme aims to modernise and improve existing rail services in the GDA, by increasing the electrified network...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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: Road Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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: Bus Éireann (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the individual transport companies, for example Bus Éireann, which have responsibility for operational and employment matters. From a policy perspective the Programme for Government (PfG) has committed to "Work to enhance and support the delivery of a skilled...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Funding is allocated to transport projects in County Offaly both directly through Departmental programmes and through programmes managed by agencies such as the NTA and TII as well as the relevant Local Authority. Roads 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I can advise the Deputy that while it is not appropriate for me to comment on the matter raised at this time, any proposed exits or settlement schemes across our agencies will be considered by me in keeping with the relevant circulars, establishing legislation of the agency and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be 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 (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including, in conjunction with Iarnród...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, BusConnects is a transformative programme of investment in the bus system, providing better bus services across our cities. It is the largest investment in the bus system in the history of the State and is managed by the National Transport Authority (NTA). New bus services in Dublin are already being delivered, with the first six phases of the Network Redesign...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Increasing commuter uptake of shared mobility services is a key objective of this Government. As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government commits to investing in a range of transport options for enhancing connectivity across the country, including the establishment of mobility hubs in each local authority area. Two key initiatives are currently underway to incentivise the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) 2040 was developed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in collaboration with Cork City Council, Cork County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). Since its publication in 2020, there has been good progress on key elements of CMATS, including the Cork Area Commuter Rail Programme, BusConnects Cork, Cork Light Rail...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 167 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the development of public transport infrastructure, including ticketing and technology projects. The NTA's Next Generation Ticketing project will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including the local area hackney licence, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV sector. Currently, the NTA issues local area hackney...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) including, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann, the DART+ Programme. The DART+ Programme aims to modernise and improve existing rail services in the GDA, by electrifying the lines and purchasing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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: Road Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. Of these grants, the vast majority (approximately 90%) are targeted at the maintenance and...