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Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I will not come into this House with a few populist items. I want a cohesive solution to be presented in totality, which can bring——

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: ——a marrying of both public and private transport initiatives to get the best value for the public. It will bring safety benefits as well as a modal shift.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I expect to go to the Cabinet sub-committee on this issue next month.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The timeframe will be short. The ten year envelope was only announced in the budget speech in December. I have been involved in intensive preparation and I intend to go to Government at the first available meeting in March to put all these proposals before it. That is a reasonably short timeframe in respect of my tenure in office.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: If the Deputy wants me to answer the question, then I will do so. Does the proposal of the development of the metro and the many other proposals present solutions for north Dublin? The answer is that they do. However, I want to get the best solution, which is that which marries all of the different proposals together. We do not want to cherry-pick the sexy metro as a solution to everything....

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: That is a key question. I do not claim to be an expert on public transport. However, some of the issues are clear. If one is to provide the best in terms of maximum capacity on a daily basis, then that presents one obvious solution. If one opts for different solutions, one provides different loading capacities, different levels of capacity and different usages. As I acknowledged at the...

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I am saying no such thing until I go to Government early in March to address the Cabinet sub-committee. I will bring proposals to Government which will be considered and, subsequently, made public. The ten-year envelope changes the way we can deliver all infrastructure. One can provide for a great deal of parallel development. Where necessary, one can go straight to the planning, tender,...

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I assume the Deputy's question refers to the concept of a Dublin outer orbital route. Strategic Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 1999 and the Dublin Transportation Office document, Platform for Change 2000, identified a possible need for a Dublin outer orbital route to link Drogheda, Navan and Naas. More recently, Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area 2004...

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I am not sure what question the Deputy is putting.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Clearly, he has not listened for the last half hour to the debate between the other Deputies and me.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The debate centred on the provision of public transport in and around the Dublin area.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: If the Deputy's friends and colleagues did not hold up every development in the country, particularly the M50, we might be much further down the road to satisfying the needs of the public.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I reject fully Deputy Eamon Ryan's assertion that there is a lack of proper thinking. Clearly, there is very good thinking in this area in which regard I acknowledge the bodies engaged in the process with me and my departmental officials.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: There is no question that it is evidence of the growth of the economy in the last few years.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: No country could have provided the level of infrastructure Ireland required due to the pace and suddenness of the growth in the economy.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The only thing that is sinking is the Deputy and his colleagues. If they would sink out of the way and let us get on with building the roads and putting in the bus and rail network, we would all be in a much better position. I hope that when we announce the ten-year package which will contain a tremendous solution for Dublin and many other parts of the country, the Green Party will for once...

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I question what solutions the Deputy has for transport.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: He does not want any roads and does not believe in any investment in public transport. Clearly, the Green Party has no interest in Platform for Change 2000, the Dublin Transportation Office, Iarnród Éireann or the RPA. All of the bodies which have proposals on the table will exist irrespective of who is in Government to work with them.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Green Party's only platform is to object to anything being done in the name of transport. When it comes to making decisions, the Green Party is sadly lacking.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 95, 132, 157, 171, 344, 354 and 360 together. Iarnród Éireann has submitted a business case to my Department for the development of a greater Dublin integrated rail network, the aim of which is to meet the projected demand for rail services in the area into the future. The business case includes proposals to construct a new rail station in the city centre,...