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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. The query raised regarding the number of commuters that used route 16 in both directions in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 is an operational matter for Dublin Bus. Accordingly, I have referred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport.  However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. The query raised regarding bus ticket booking is an operational matter for Bus Éireann. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport has one staff member whose pay has not yet been restored and was due to be restored on 1 July 2022. This staff member is serving at the Secretary General grade and is on the Secretary General Level II payscale. The details of the FEMPI July restoration have thus far not been released by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). Therefore, I am unable...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. The National Transport Authority (NTA), meanwhile, has responsibility for the allocation of funding to specific projects and oversight of their development, in cooperation with the relevant local authorities. Investing in sustainable mobility, which includes walking and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. The National Transport Authority (NTA), meanwhile, has responsibility for the allocation of funding to specific projects and oversight of their development, in cooperation with the relevant local authorities.  The Programme for Government committed to an investment of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, including management of the Rural Transport Programme which operates under the TFI Local Link brand. In light of the NTA's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 146, inclusive, together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of an accessible, integrated and sustainable public transport network. In addition, the NTA has statutory responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Small public service vehicles (SPSVs) are regulated in Ireland by the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013.    However, I can inform the Deputy that Uber has been licensed by the NTA as a dispatch operator and has been operating as such in Ireland since 2014.  Since Uber is considered a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of Connecting Ireland and new town...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport, nor decisions on fares. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services, provided under public service...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of an accessible, integrated and sustainable public transport network. In addition, the NTA has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation, management and upgrading of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Infrastructure Manager Multi-Annual Contract (IMMAC) provides the funding framework for the protection and renewal of our railway infrastructure, including the Dublin to Rosslare rail line. This is the third year of the current five-year IMMAC programme, as approved by Government in 2020, and over the five years of the programme in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the 23rdMay, the Office for Government Procurement has published guidance for parties to public works contracts on establishing and using an 'Inflation/Supply Chain Delay Co-operation Framework Agreement'.  Clare County Council, which is the contracting authority for the Shannon Crossing, Killaloe Bypass and R494...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (30 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The mater raised in the Question is an operational matter for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in which neither I nor my Department have any role. IFI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that queries can be addressed promptly, in line with IFI’s objective to deliver services to the highest standards. The email address is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm to the Deputy that none of the bodies under the aegis of my Department are currently or have ever been registered  as a charity.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 104 to 106, inclusive, together. The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their existing properties. The schemes offer grants for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy upgrades for people at risk of energy poverty. Improving these homes has resulted in warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes that are...