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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: What did the Chairman say?
- 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: In response to Deputy Catherine Murphy, we will have to agree to disagree. It will not happen in the short term. Twenty-eight carriages have been refurbished. The Deputy asked about rolling stock for use in 2019. New trains will be ordered when the expansion of the DART takes place.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: As I said, 28 carriages have been refurbished. I will give the Deputy a note. It is an operational matter for the NTA, but I can provide the Deputy with the details.
- 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. I will provide the Deputy with a note from the NTA on what it is going to do.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Budget 2018 provided for a four-year capital envelope for public transport of over €2.7 billion to 2021. It includes over €400 million for investment in public transport in 2018. The increased funding will allow for the roll-out of a number of key programmes to address congestion and emerging capacity constraints on the public transport system across the cities. I can give...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: As the Deputy probably knows, there is the provision of €210 million for heavy rail safety and development in 2018.
- 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 provide the Deputy with the details. I can give her some of the details of the DART expansion outline programme, but she is looking for a great amount of detail which will have to be obtained from the NTA. I cannot give her the details of the amounts of money provided, but I can give her a summary of the programme. In the second quarter of this year there will be the appointment of...
- 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 NTA goes through the full details with my officials.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: With me, as required.
- 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 have regular meetings with them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Let me say that 2022 is when they will commence. The Chairman realises that.
- 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 will go on. The intention is to commence them in 2022.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Deputy Catherine Murphy is saying I am not providing her with detail. I said there would be 28 carriages refurbished for use in 2019. Is that not what the Deputy wants to hear?
- 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 will be 300 trains ordered for delivery starting in 2022.
- 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. That is a lot of trains and a lot of money. It is a very big commitment. The Deputy cannot expect me to say I will order trains tomorrow on a whim.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: This has to be done on a graduated basis.
- 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 give the Deputy further detail on it if she wants it. It is a good news story but Deputy Catherine Murphy does not seem to be very interested in a very good news story. She seems to be interested in a very bad news story.
- 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 right.