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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) Fergus O'Dowd: No, I am glad to say the Minister is wrong, so I will respectfully correct him. I have been on to the-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: No, I will respectfully say that the Deputy is wrong as well. Hybrid diesel electric engines are being ordered. These do not require electrification to commence. I am told that they will be put into use immediately upon delivery, which should be a maximum of four years time. The ten-year cycle does not apply to the Drogheda extension.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: He might clarify.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: He can clarify if he wants, but he cannot contradict me on this because I know what I am talking about.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: No, I am not an optimist. I am factual. I would welcome it if the Minister got confirmation, though, as that is what I have been told by the body that is charged with doing this job.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: There is no problem with that. The timeline will not be ten years. The extension will not take greater than four years. Deputies Murphy, O'Keeffe and Troy are next to ask questions.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Does Deputy Munster wish to add something?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Sorry, we are not.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: My apologies. I was thinking of the DART actually. Deputy Munster will be first when we come to address roads. Did Deputy Munster wish to speak?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: My apologies. Does anybody else wish to comment on programme B?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I thought.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: It is. Deputy Munster was objecting to it.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I was letting Deputy O'Keeffe in until the Deputy objected. She will probably withdraw her objection.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I did let Deputy O'Keeffe in and he did ask a proper question. Is Deputy Munster happy?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Does Deputy Munster have a question on roads?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question then.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I will take Deputy Troy's question first.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: We are.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Troy has alluded to the question of increasing congestion and I accept what he said about trams, trains and buses. The Department needs a strategic plan for dealing with congestion to ensure work days do not get any longer than they have become. Delays for people commuting by car in Drogheda and east Meath, where I live, are increasing all the time and traffic speeds are being...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate this is an important issue and I do not want to interrupt members. The Minister has said he is accountable for the policy issue ultimately.