Results 6,121-6,140 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: We intend that to be operational by 2021.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Just a moment, Deputy. I am sorry.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I will revert to Deputy Troy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: We will have to revert to the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: It is meant to be done within the next ten years, or by 2027.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I bow to the Chairman's greater local knowledge.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: The Chairman is an optimist,-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: -----so I will join him in that optimism.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Simultaneously.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: On Deputy Catherine Murphy's question on the DART underground, the Phoenix Park tunnel rail link is the first step in this. It was envisaged as a kind of first step in the DART underground project. We do not anticipate going ahead with the DART underground in the immediate future.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes, it is. We do not anticipate going ahead with it on grounds of cost.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: That is the decision taken. I do not anticipate making any representations on that this year.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: The National Transport Authority, NTA, actually advised on it. I would also have an input into it and I would take the decision at the end.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: My own position is that we will not be doing that at the moment. It might be something which we might like to do but we cannot do it at the moment.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes. While Deputy Catherine Murphy said it was not part of it, we get a great benefit from using the Phoenix Park tunnel link. It may be as great a benefit as we would get from using the DART underground at significant cost.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: It will not happen within ten years. That decision has been made. The route will be protected, but there is no intention to build it within that period. It is a matter of costs. I was also in Berlin recently and agree with what the Deputy said, but she will find that that city was originally intended for a greater number of people than 4.5 million. That is one of the reasons she found...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Sure.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: There is a cost benefit analysis for the DART expansion project and it is constantly under review. There was a decision that this kind of money was simply not available. It is a vision, one I would share with the Deputy, but if I were to make a commitment to do it, I would be telling her an untruth.