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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome our guests and thank them for attending. We pestered the clerk and the Chairman for some time to put this issue on the agenda. I am very pleased that we are hearing from our guests. We should change the narrative relating to this issue. This is not a case "you"; it is about "we". Regardless of whether or not one cycles, we all benefit. If we thought differently, we might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: An issue I have encountered in my area involves the design of new housing estates. The latter offer a great opportunity. Cycle routes are being built into the estates, but the provision tends to be fragmented and does not look at the total package. One ends up with nothing at either end of the estate or a conflict where there is permeability into an existing housing estate but no receiving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome our guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have asked several parliamentary questions to try to get a sense of where the money is spent because I find it difficult to track what is spent on cycling. I take issue with the idea that footpaths and cycleways are more or less the same piece of infrastructure. While in some cases they are, in others they certainly are not. As I noted earlier, where new housing estates are developed,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That area is on a statutory basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What is the advantage of it being on a statutory basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is a change in the area for which the NTA has direct responsibility on the cards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: One criticism relates to the institutional arrangements and the fragmentation, of which there is a great deal. Some of that will be inevitable because there are various local authorities and approaches, but is an attempt to reach a logical institutional arrangement, where there is one point of engagement on both policy and delivery, likely to rest with the NTA or will it be combined with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The primary organisations that will deliver will be the local authorities, and some will be better than others. I understand the kinds of conflict there may be, such as where shops may lose parking space in the street because it will be turned into a cycleway. Such conflict will remain until demand increases and people see the success and change, which will be beneficial for other areas....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Improvements to the design manual happen all the time. Will it be updated and when might we see it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Will it be towards the end of next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: The NTA's remit is wider than the local authorities' remit, given that it includes public transport infrastructure as well as that of roads. I recall seeing at a train station in another country a ramp at the side of steps to allow people to wheel up and down bicycles. There are other basic measures such as facilities for storing baggage. What engagement has there been? Is there dedicated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I return to the issue of cycleway projects. In my area, I am familiar with those on the two canals. I accept that it is not a straight route all the way and that there are pinch points but it is taking an incredible length of time. What are the impediments in that regard? For example, is it a matter of finance or design?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Creegan for his responses but I would like to continue my line of questioning on this issue because people are interested in it and they are putting pressure on me to get answers. This demonstrates that there is a desire for this mode of travel. When one factors in the number of people that could travel that route and take pressure off city streets it makes complete sense to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is the increase related to BusConnects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Returning to the NTA's engagement with the local authorities and some of them being better in this area than others, are those who are good at this better because they have staff that are committed to cycling and walking, they have more advanced plans or they are better at drawing down funding or are there common denominators in that regard? Where there are people who are more proactive this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If there was a staff member dedicated to active travel would that make a difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is this work being driven by the local authorities or the NTA?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Investigations (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open and-or active investigations as of 12 November 2019 in respect of section 172(3) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan Data (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount granted historically to Ireland specifically for use under national development plans; the breakdown of the funding by Department in the context of their Project Ireland 2040 ambitions; if a schedule and amount per Department will be set out by year in the context of future release of funds until 2040; and if he will make a...