Results 6,621-6,640 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: That is not necessarily true. The great economies of Europe — France, Germany and Italy — have major tolling schemes. Irish people use them all the time and experience no problems with them. We are quite willing to pay the charges.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I agree with the Deputy but she might acknowledge that despite the prevarication that prevailed for a number of years, I decided to end this process.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is a complex legal matter.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy should not venture down that road.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am simply stating it as it is. There are risks involved in all of these matters but the decision has been made.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am aware the Green Party does not like roads but there is little I can do about it.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: To whom is the Deputy referring?

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I agree with the Taoiseach with regard to the outer orbital motorway. I have quite strong views on the matter. We also agree on the need for significant investment in public transport in Dublin. There is no question about the need for this investment, which is a significant element in the way we resolve many of the issues. Such an investment would persuade people to leave their cars at home...

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: We may be late in doing so but does this mean we should abandon it? Whatever about the sins of the past, we should not make the same mistakes going forward.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The outer orbital motorway is included in Transport 21.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Does the Deputy wish me to answer his question? It is clearly stated in Transport 21 that we need an immediate study on where the route is to be, its impact, its interaction with other roads and its impact on the M50. This study has commenced. Once this study is completed, there are a myriad of funding mechanisms which could be put in place. We must first establish the location of the outer...

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The funding was not provided for it.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is included in the plan.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy is correct in stating that metro north is one of the most advanced projects. A considerable amount of work has been carried out on this project. We are not starting with a blank piece of paper on this route. A considerable portion of the route has already been decided. It is quite clear how one gets from Dublin Airport to Swords as the local authority has preserved this route.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Yes. I am not involved in day-to-day technical operations but there have been discussions with the local authority and the county manager told me the instruction is to ensure the route identified by the authority, which is overground, will not be touched. I have no reason to——

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: All I said was the public consultation on the route for metro north will commence later this month.

Transport Policy. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Nobody has told me that the route has been changed. If one examines the section of the line from Dublin Airport to Swords, the route is obvious and speaks for itself. As far as I am aware, the local authority has preserved this route for metro north. I hope it brings maximum additionality to the route but the Deputy is correct.

Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The national roads improvement programme, in line with the national development plan and, more recently, Transport 21, provides for the procurement and construction of a number of major national road projects as toll public-private partnership projects. The current position is that three projects — the second West Link bridge, the Dundalk western bypass and the Kilcock-Kinnegad section of...

Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: A fair assessment would say that my Department received a major contribution from the Exchequer in Transport 21 and we have laid out €34.4 billion. In a perfect world with no competing demands from other Departments, one might be able to take all the State's resources and put them into infrastructure, but that is not the case. We have outlined a major investment programme in a range of...

Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am telling the Deputy what the research and facts indicate. The figures on the Dundalk bypass are way beyond expectation. They are running at approximately 26,500 cars per day on the Drogheda and Dundalk bypass. I do not have the final Kilcock-Kinnegad figures yet but they are running at 16,000 to 18,000 per day, exactly the level expected.