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- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: -----and the project has started. There is a cycling budget. Is the Deputy aware of that?
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: Cycling infrastructure has been enormously improved and enhanced.
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: Some €110 million is promised for cycling in the coming three or four years.
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: That is a huge amount of money and a huge commitment.
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: That is part of the vision, but I do not-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: Perhaps the Deputy could stop interrupting every sentence. Perhaps he could leave me two sentences-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: -----for every one he interrupts. Would that be all right?
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: Elsewhere, has Deputy Lahart heard of metro north?
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: That is part of the vision. It is a big vision. It is a vision of over €2 billion and it is a commitment. Has the Deputy heard that we will introduce a DART expansion programme?
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: That is part of the vision. These things will not come tomorrow morning-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: -----but visions do not come immediately. That is part of the vision, and another part of the vision is already there in the Luas cross city. When part of the vision is actually implemented, the first thing I will hear the Deputy come back and say is that there is something else happening that I did not anticipate and that it is all a complete mess. It is not. It is co-ordinated, it is...
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I fully acknowledge the problems which Deputy Lahart has put is finger on and I am grateful to him for doing this. It is right that he should do so. In acknowledging it, the Deputy also pointed out the considerable success of the Luas cross city and the fact that it is in enormous demand. As well as that, the Deputy said something which I...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Waiting Lists (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: This is a matter for the Road Safety Authority. I have referred the question to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response is not received within 10 days.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the light rail Luas network. Passenger numbers on both lines of the Luas network increased by over 10% to 37.6 million in 2017. With the Green Line now extended to Broombridge, and providing...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: The new PSO contract to operate the air routes linking the airports in Donegal and Kerry with Dublin for the next four years was awarded to Stobart Air UC following an EU public procurement process. Stobart fulfilled all the current necessary requirements including holding a valid Air Operator Certificate and a valid Operating Licence. The situation in the aviation sector post...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy in relation to roads. The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects on national roads are a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the relevant local authority. For regional and local roads it is a matter for each...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (25 Jan 2018)
Shane Ross: This is a matter for the Road Safety Authority. I have referred the question to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response is not received within 10 days.