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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The tag works everywhere else except there. I have to come right up to the barrier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is a serious issue. It is not just happening to me because there are rows there every morning, often in particular lanes. I always find that, around 8 a.m., someone has to reverse out and there is a row because one of the supervisors has to come across. It is not just me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I already left the details on the wonderful voice messaging system for concerns about tolling and nobody ever got back to me, even though I repeated the message a number of times and left my number. Maybe they did not see who it was, which is just as well. However, there is a problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If there is a request for a meeting there is no reason it cannot go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: When he was Minister for Transport, the Taoiseach made it clear he would not agree to multitolling so, as Deputy Lahart said, we can forget about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Nolan did, however, mention it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That goes to the issue of whether there is a need for one person who would be accountable for all of these issues in the greater Dublin area. Corporately, they meet as different bodies but who is responsible? The bodies each do their job very well but is no one saying that it needs to change? Is anyone knocking heads together?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of all the good points made by people today, who will take them up and ensure that they will be delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Where do local authorities come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Should the two organisations be a single organisation? Would that make sense? It seems to me that only one organisation is needed there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: To be fair to the witness, we know he refers to access between Bray and Kilmacanogue - I have travelled that way myself, and know it well - but we did not have this on the agenda for today's meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely. That is a matter that we might bring the Minister in to discuss.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Let the witness answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We are at the interface of that pot or furnace. Does Mr. Nolan wish to add anything or move on to Deputy Munster's points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy O'Keeffe wishes to make a comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, would we be talking about the outer orbital route suggested some years ago from Gormanston around by Naas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The reason Gormanston was proposed at the time was that there was to be a new port there, but I would certainly accept it from Drogheda. Mr. Nolan can say that again out loud.