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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual steady State funding requirement to maintain each national and regional port on an annual or periodic basis. [44389/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is a risk that some regional ports could be building up significant infrastructure deficits due to the directive advanced in the national ports policy 2013 that no further Exchequer funding will be provided for port infrastructure development; and if his Department has undertaken reviews that show there is an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount by which he will increase the PSO to each of the CIÉ companies in view of his allocation under budget 2018. [44391/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the electrification of both the northern rail line to Balbriggan and the Maynooth line; when he anticipates this project will go to planning; and when it will begin construction. [44392/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress and spend to date on the DART expansion programme; the stage it is currently at; and when the project will finish planning stage and begin construction phase. [44400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will complete the business case appraisal for the revised metro north; and if funding for the project will be contingent on the cost benefit and wider economic benefit ratios contained in the plan. [44393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the business case appraisal for the revised metro north including unredacted estimates of the cost benefit ratios for the project. [44394/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned capacity of the revised metro north in terms of passenger per hour per direction and maximum future scalability; and if, due to the revision of the platform length, the revised metro project will only be able to handle capacities (details supplied). [44395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities are now taking into consideration benefits from the metro north when determining development levies; and if not, when he anticipates they will begin to do this. [44403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €140 million prior expenditure that has been lost from the revision of the design of the metro north project. [44404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and the NTA will reconsider the Clongriffin spur to Dublin Airport or another heavy rail connection to the airport, in view of the ambition in the draft national planning framework to enable growth for Dublin (details supplied). [44396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis has explored proposals to relocate services, facilities and capacities from Dublin Port to another national port or port of regional significance as a means of reducing congestion and other issues in Dublin city; and if so, the study and-or conclusions it reached. [44397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options his Department and-or TII are considering to achieve the objective of key future growth enablers for County Cork under the national planning framework draft with regard to enhanced regional connectivity through improved average journey times by road. [44398/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options his Department and TII are considering to achieve the objective of key future growth enablers for County Limerick under the national planning framework draft with regard to enhanced regional connectivity through improved average journey times by road to counties Cork and Waterford. [44399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on public transport projects (details supplied) to date. [44401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on road projects (details supplied) to date. [44402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Longford for the purpose of promoting tourism within the county in view of the fact County Longford has been allocated just €2,000 for the promotion of tourism in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if the guaranteed income of €12,700 associated with drawing down a private pension early is remaining at the current rate or if it will be reverting to over €18,000; and if there will be changes to this matter as a result of the recent budget or as part of the Finance Bill. [44234/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I thank the committee for inviting the representatives and for giving the opportunity to scrutinise this statutory instrument. I had requested this during the summer. Having listened to the questions here this evening I am glad that I requested the scrutiny because there still seems to be a number of outstanding issues. It is quite alarming that even at this stage, despite the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I am sorry to disappoint Mr. Fox. I did not want to cast aspersions on his organisation. He made a comment that his was a break-away organisation from an existing group. I wanted to know how many people broke away from the organisation and how many members there are. Mr. Fox implied he was representing a large body by saying he had a mailing list of 500. I was simply pointing out that a...