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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My department has been working with Cavan and Louth County Councils in relation to funding projects associated with the proposed upgraded East West Link Road. As the Deputy is aware the proposed scheme would run on regional routes from Dundalk to Cavan and national routes from Cavan to Sligo. Going back some time there was a proposal for a substantial upgrade of the regional road part of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The All-Island Strategic Rail Review is being undertaken by the Department of Transport in cooperation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. It will inform the development of the railway sector on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades. A draft of the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review was published in July for the purposes of Strategic Environmental Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority, or NTA, is overseeing the delivery of BusConnects programmes in our five cities, including Galway, which are planned to be substantially delivered in all five cities by 2030. BusConnects Galway will provide a major enhancement to the bus system in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: On the 27th of April 2023, the National Transport Authority published a new National Fares Strategy. The Fares Strategy follows the previous implementation of a simplified fares structure for Dublin, and proposes an approach that is more equitable, consistent and easy to understand for passengers. This new approach will apply to fares outside the Dublin metropolitan area for PSO bus and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 42 together. The All-Island Strategic Rail Review is being undertaken by the Department of Transport in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. It will inform the development of the railway sector on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades. The Review is considering the future of the rail network with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 278 together. As the Deputy is aware, the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on these roads are funded from Councils’ own resources and supplemented by State Road grants. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on these roads are funded from local authorities' own resources, supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23) was the first statutory climate plan to incorporate both the economy-wide targets and legally binding sectoral emission ceilings, set by Government in July 2022. For transport, we are now obligated to pursue a decarbonisation pathway capable of achieving a 50% reduction in transport emissions by 2030, in a manner that is consistent with a sectoral emissions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2023)

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 decisions in relation to the routes of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2023)

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 decisions in relation to the routes of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Nov 2023)

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 national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is also...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Nov 2023)

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, which includes DART+ Coastal North. Noting the NTA's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport in Ireland, including in relation to the rail network. The operation, maintenance and renewal of the rail network, including the electrification of the rail network, is a matter for Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) in the first instance. Currently, the DART network in Dublin is the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

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 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: Rights of People with Disabilities (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is aware of the obligations on Member States under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth and the Minister of State for Disabilities have overarching responsibility for the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

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 decisions in relation to the routes of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) 2040 has been developed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in collaboration with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Cork City Council and Cork County Council. A key principle for CMATS is to reduce dependency on the private car within the Cork metropolitan area, while increasing the appeal of sustainable transport options, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Nov 2023)

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 such as driver recruitment. I understand that many operators in the transport sector have experienced difficulties in recruiting new drivers. These issues are found across all types of operators both...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (30 Nov 2023)

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: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

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