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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: What the Deputy said is true. There is a huge appetite for spending in these areas by councils right across the country. Local authorities will be key. If I take anything as a sign of hope, the decision last Monday night in Galway to proceed with what was a controversial and difficult project by 17 votes to one gives me confidence that local authorities are keen to do this. People will be...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: There is continuity, because central to it is meeting the objectives of the national planning framework of better balanced regional development, compact development and low-carbon development, and that carries through. That is important because we could get fixated on the major Dublin transport projects and we must invest in Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick and in towns across the country...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy that Pádraig Ó Céidigh has great knowledge of aviation and a real regional interest. However, I will be upfront in that I do not agree with the point about the role of the chairman. It is a chairing role. We have a good CEO.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We have a good executive. The chair is a critical function, but we must be careful that we do not confuse things and get in the way of the existing management structures. Pádraig Ó Céidigh has a good vision and a real understanding of the industry and he will bring real benefit, but it is in a chairing, non-executive role rather than in an executive role. I respectfully...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I think the issue is now mostly the responsibility of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I will talk to him. My understanding is that the function had transferred. I cannot imagine there is a reason for delay within the Department of Transport because our view is that it is an appropriate realignment of responsibilities. I will check with him...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As I said earlier, there is an immediate issue in terms of supports for our aviation industry and, by dint of that, our tourism industry. Much of that funding will come from emergency Covid-type supports. We are looking at that. In the more medium term, we want our aviation industry to thrive, but there are different spending and policy priorities in the Estimates. Deputies, including...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I am speaking of a railway station on the existing rail line.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It would be heavy rail.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will make a second point because this is critical. Another point I made to the Limerick city manager, on which we agreed and I hope the Deputy will support, is that in building the Coonagh-Knockalisheen road it is critical that at the same time we start to build the BusConnects in Limerick and the cycling routes in Limerick, which would transform the city from the University of Limerick to...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I would love to see it started in the next year or two. I will give my experience here. I have been involved in the Dublin metro project dating back to 1997. I was a member of the advisory committee of the then Dublin Transportation Office, which started in 1997 and by 1999 had a clear plan and a brilliant model to show that it did make sense. A Platform for Change was the then plan. Then...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Because I am looking at the draft business study and the estimated time it may take to get through planning and then construction. The understanding of exactly-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: If everything went through planning in weeks, or within a short, tight timeframe, 2028 could be deliverable. It would depend on the final project design, which we will not know until after planning. I expect it will be later than that, being upfront and honest.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have the exact figure.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I would expect it to be later than that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It will be between then and 2034. I do not expect it to run that late. It will depend on planning.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We have provided a lot of support directly to the airports and airlines in terms of-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Not to discount them, and they are important, the EWSS support-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: If I can continue, there is Ireland Strategic Investment Fund funding and significant borrowing capability for Aer Lingus in particular, as well as the rebates and certain landing charges. We left it to the airports to be able to allocate and decide upon them on a strategic basis. We will look at coming back to these to enhance them and go further. It is very welcome in particular that...