Results 13,401-13,420 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: What I will be saying to TII is that on those approach roads where there are projects and where we can prioritise bus services within the existing road configuration, that would be a way of answering this problem. It would serve our constituents whether that is on the N11 or other roads. There are certain roads where that is very difficult while there are others where it is much more...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I think they are. I believe TII is very well apprised of this and sees the need for that kind of strategic shift towards promoting public transport, including on the main national arteries into Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: There is no ideological block. Everything must be based on good engineering, science and public policy. We work collectively in government to deliver that and we can. One thing we can agree on is the over-development of Dublin. The vast majority of air travel goes in and out of Dublin Airport. The vast majority of roll-on, roll-off trucks go in and out of Dublin Port. All of them then...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I want to deliver what the national planning framework sets out as our way forward and that is three things. First, better balanced regional development.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Second, compact development.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Third, low carbon development.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I do not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I agree. The last practicality is that if we all go to electric cars, we will still come back to the fundamental problem that we are all stuck in traffic all of the time, and we have got to avoid that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I gave the ride constructions to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, on the greenway network and said that it is all about getting to work and school, and that it is not just the weekends.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: There is no block on anything. A future Government can change our decisions so there is never any block on anything. There is a budget constraint and it is very real in the next four years, particularly when it comes to road development. We have to be upfront and honest in that. The reason that there is a constraint is because for too long we forgot about public transport, we did not give...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Let us deliver it. The biggest difficulty that we have is how to deliver the BusConnects network in the next three to four years, and how we deliver some of the active travel for use every day of the week, not just weekends.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: It is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: In truth, the N20-M20 is going to take some time to get through the planning process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: It is not an immediate decision. It is at the early design concept stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I do not believe I ever recall saying that we will not continue to assess the options.