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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Is that 30 years to start it or to complete it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I ask Mr. Meade to outline the picture in terms of new opportunities, like extending the line to Navan, for example. A number of new commuter lines have been opened in recent times. What is the company's plan in that space?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Okay. Deputy Collins is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Could An Teachtá Ó Cuív let Senator O'Donnell speak briefly? She has to go to a vote in the Seanad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Would Senator O'Donnell like to make a contribution? The Deputy is over his five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Can An Teachtá Ó Cuív let Senator O'Donnell speak? She has to go for a vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: We have to hear from the National Transport Authority, so can the Senator come back? I welcome the representatives of the National Transport Authority and invite them to make their presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, we will let our guest finish her answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will extend the Deputy's time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Ideology and policy determine the amount of public transport there is within the State and the NTA works within that parameter. There is a push-pull situation because the NTA has the ear of policymakers and provides them with expert advice on which they rely. Interestingly, the Government, in its policy approaches, now takes everything outside of Dublin to be rural. We have often asked...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I want to drill down into two matters that have been raised. Were the projections in population that the NTA made for the Navan area correct in terms of the results of the census carried out in 2016 by the CSO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: The CSO figures for each county have been published.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Meath County Council is working off significant different projections from the NTA. Ms Graham has not mentioned population disruption. The policy articulation of the Government is to disrupt the population trends that marked the past 20 years. Transport is one of biggest tools in achieving that goal. If we do not provide services in places where there is not a direct demand now - we would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: What has been the NTA's engagement with the new spatial plan outlined in the national planning framework? What has been the level of engagement by the NTA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: If land use is developed close to existing infrastructure, then the current population trends shall continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: We are approaching the development of a city-state in this country. London has 13% of the population of Britain. At present, Dublin county has 38% of the population of the State and, probably in the lifetime of our generation, this is going to increase to 50%. At that point, the country will become a city-state. That is not what one wants to develop. In Denmark, the town of Aarhus was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I agree it is a logical objective. It is just a competing objective with proper spatial planning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I call on Deputy Ó Cuív.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I ask an Teachta Ó Cuív to focus on the substantial questions we have to deal with rather than seeking to rename any of the agencies. That is editorial and the Deputy has 15 minutes in the current questioning space. We all have a lot of stuff to do so we should focus on the substance of the discussion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: One final-----