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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Protected Disclosures (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The number of allegations received by my Department which invoked the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 are set out in the table below.. All allegations received are assessed and the appropriate action taken. The table indicates the total number of allegations received, the number of these which were found, following assessment, to be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Protected Disclosures (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Only one protected disclosure was received from an official in my Department over the period 2017 to date in 2021. There are no officials that made protected disclosures over the period in question that are now not working in my Department and there were no protected disclosures received from retired officials of the Department over the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils’ own resources supplemented by regional and local road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of local authorities, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. Arising from the arrangements in place in relation to Local Property Tax receipts, the four Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme.  Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme.  Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme.  Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policy Functions (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People Programme which is run by the Health Service Executive (HSE). As the Deputy will appreciate this policy comes under the remit of the Minister for Heath. I have not had direct engagement with the HSE, the Minister for Health or with the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme.  Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants.   The National Development Plan (NDP), as it stands, provides for a gradual increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for vehicles and SPSV testing, is a matter for the independent regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Given the role of the NTA as regulator, I have referred your question to the Authority for direct reply to you. Please advise my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54, 98, 128, 397, 398 and 403 together. I will absolutely commit to doing that. I raise one concern. We will have a major challenge because we will have so many proposals for investment in both our rail and road networks and the rail investment in particular will be a multiple of the resources that are available. To make the investments that we need to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 61 together. The maintenance of roads not taken in charge by local authorities is the responsibility of the relevant landowners. The Local Government Act 2001 provides the statutory basis for the local improvement scheme, LIS. Under that scheme, funding can be provided to local authorities for the construction and improvement of non-public roads,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We all do. We all deserve that for safety and the maintenance of vehicle standards and so on. I would argue that the involvement of the Department of Rural and Community Development in this is appropriate. Similar to local authorities, its specific remit is for rural communities in particular. These roads, by definition, tend to be where there might be a small number of houses in rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The key actors in this are the local authorities. Whichever Department is involved, be it the Department of Rural and Community Development or the Department of Transport, the decisions, applications and checking on whether money is correctly spent or whether the investment is the right one are all the responsibility of the local authority. We have a real job of work to do with the local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As I indicated in the response, those meetings will be important. The Deputy is right; one of the key issues here relates to that bridge and the fact that there have been a number of incidents in recent years, including flooding, as a result of which the bridge has had to be closed. It is a very old bridge in quite an exposed position, as are other sections of the roadway. The key question...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right. The area is critical and Cobh is a very important destination and an historic location. There are other investments being made which I will mention when answering a later question. These relate to the development of greenways and urban development support for Cobh and the surrounding area. As the Deputy said, there is other transport infrastructure in the area. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputy very much. He is right. Since the question was asked, we have published both the original EY report and the second report, the Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions, JASPERS, review. These two reports provided critical answers to some of the questions asked about the western rail corridor. If I can widen out the question, the further review we are...