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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the improvement, upgrading and management of individual national roads is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 44 together. As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to the matters outlined in the Deputy's question, while the National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development such projects and works in conjunction with the relevant local authorities, including Kildare County...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Details of contracts awarded by the Department of Transport in relation to Covid-19 are set out in the tables below. As Minister for Transport, I have overall responsibility for policy and funding in relation to transport. Contracts awarded by the agencies under the aegis of the Department are a matter for the individual agencies and I have forwarded the Deputy's question them all for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to be here. Our officials were here yesterday for a good productive session. I hope I can add to that and look forward to our wider discussion on the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland, or NIFTI as it is commonly called. It is the Department's new framework for supporting the consideration and prioritisation of future investment in the national land transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I think it is true that it takes too long. O'Devaney Gardens is one example. That is in the housing area but it has taken 17 years. The metro has taken 23 years, at least, from when I saw it as a fairly advanced project. BusConnects in my constituency in Dublin has been five years in consultation. We need to speed up the delivery of projects because the public get rightly angry at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: With the Chairman's permission, I will discuss Limerick as an example. If I understand Deputy Ó Murchú correctly, there is to a certain extent an element of competition between local authorities and cities. I will give Limerick as example. I opened The Irish Times a few months ago and read a full-page advertisement stating that Limerick was going green. It was great; I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: To paraphrase the song, Limerick, she is my lady as well. I do not have anything but love for the city.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to address the Senator's points as best I can and discuss the specifics of the different areas but I do not have knowledge of everything because we have so many projects. On Galway, I agree with the Senator about the cross-city link project. It will run from Barna through to the hospital, NUIG, over the Salmon Weir Bridge, and through the centre out towards Parkmore. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Senator Dooley said previously, this Government has three years to deliver. We have all the plans we need, including the national climate plan, the national development plan and very good rural development plans. It is delivery that we have to accelerate and be good at now. If I were to pick various projects, and I am trying to do that in each city, one of the key ones is probably the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Such walkways are social, healthy and more secure, which is important in light of recent events, God help us. The Senator is right. LED lighting could be a way of delivering on that. It uses a fraction of the energy and has a lower operation and installation cost. The lights are smaller but provide strong, downward light. They do not cause a serious light pollution issue. As the Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: First, I still stand up for the right of people to make objections and even judicial challenges. It is a cornerstone of environmental good practice that people have the ability to use the law to question process or policy objectives or individual projects. Although these cases may cause hindrance and discomfort to many people, in many instances the objectors are often proven right. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, that model has been used elsewhere. As for whether the N24, when it has been upgraded, although it will take time, will be a dual carriageway end to end, I do not believe it needs to be.