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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It does not have a policy function.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is a technical service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I hear what the Deputy is saying but I also hear the NTA and I have great respect for the work it does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to make this point in a fair way. I have the greatest respect for the work the NTA does. The issue is not so much with the design because we accept that this has to be done by professionals and qualified persons who are able to do the job. The issue for the cycling representatives we met today is one of policy and who drives policy nationally. It should not be the function of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is not a policy office.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Does that come under rural affairs funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sure Ms Hanlon is coming to that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: People can walk on the cycling paths-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is funding for walking areas separate from cycling or does it cover both?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. O'Leary wishes to add a comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It has been stated it is a dedicated cycle office to bring a number of projects forward for planning and construction.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is no problem. It is separate from what we want.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I would add one further point to be helpful. If the Deputy were to submit a parliamentary question to the Department, it might be able to provide him with a list of where the money has been or will be spent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course, but the Deputy would have to give them due notice of such a list. That is what I would like to see. The point they have made is that cycling and walking are joined up in the space they occupy. It is hard to be specific unless the route is only a path on which nobody could cycle such as a narrow path near a cliff surface or somewhere like that. Cycling and walking go together....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The transfer in respect of funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It includes the River Boyne but not Drogheda.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The NTA does not have a statutory remit in regard to the local authorities and so, therefore, its voice does not have to be recognised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Between 2009 and 2013, road fatalities of cyclists averaged seven per year. Between 2014 and 2018 the figure was 11 per year, so the trend for cyclist deaths is up while it is significantly down for road users as a whole. The number of road fatalities in 2009 was 238, compared with 142 last year. That includes pedestrians. The point by the witness is very well made but cyclists are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We must leave by 1.15 p.m.