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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy on my Department’s Capital Underspend is available in the following table. It is highly unlikely that payments made in respect of all projects will be exactly equal to the quantum of the available funding in any given calendar year. While the vast majority of available funding in a calendar year is expended in that year, some payments can...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As 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 by the Deputy is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to the Deputy. Please advise my private...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Regulations were introduced by my Department in 2024 to allow for the legal use of e-scooters on Irish roads. These regulations extend the rules of the road already in place for pedal cycles to include e-scooters, provide for technical standards and conditions for safe use, including a minimum age of 16 and a speed limit of 20 km/h, and assign specific penalties, including the issuing of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to Greenways. In line with Section 32 (2) of the Roads Act 1993, the planning, design, and construction of individual Greenways is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Investment in Greenway projects is also subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. Of these grants, the vast majority (approximately 90%) are targeted at the maintenance and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and 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 and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware the Programme for Government commits to continuing to invest in the Regional Airports Programme and to develop a new Regional Airports Programme 2026-2030. I can assure the Deputy that this new Programme will be progressed by my Department as a matter of priority this year. In line with National Aviation Policy, Government provides substantial annual funding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy will take some time to gather, categorise and present in the manner requested by the Deputy. Accordingly, my private office will forward the information requested directly to the Deputy, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to Greenways. In line with Section 32 (2) of the Roads Act 1993, the planning, design, and construction of individual Greenways is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Investment in Greenway and National Roads Active Travel...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for installing a small number of red-light cameras in Dublin as part of a pilot initiative. Currently, the Department of Transport is not aware of any plans to install similar cameras in Galway, though Galway City Council has responsibility in this regard. At a national level, in 2024, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including the collection and publication of statistics regarding the SPSV sector, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV sector. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 these roads are funded from Councils’ own resources and supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The purpose of the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURs) is to address street designs within urban areas and ensure that the street design considers the type of place in which the street is located while balancing the needs of all users. DMURs aims to put well designed streets at the heart of sustainable communities in order to create connected physical, social and transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets was first launched by the then Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Housing and Planning in 2013. A revision to DMURS, which was issued in August 2019, was overseen by a Steering Committee that included a representative of the National Disability Association (NDA). A number of individual meetings were also held with and further...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: For the transport sector, we are required to pursue a decarbonisation pathway to achieve a 50% reduction in transport emissions by 2030 in a manner that is consistent with sectoral emission ceilings that were agreed by Government in August 2022. The transport chapter of the annually updated national Climate Action Plan (CAP) sets out the policy pathway to achieve these emission reductions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As 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. On the 1st October, 2017, the NTA assumed responsibilities as the regulator of vehicle clamping activities in both statutory and non-statutory (privately-owned) clamping places throughout the State....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: To create a statutory obligation on wearing reflective clothing would entail making it a criminal offence under road traffic legislation for any person in breach of such a provision. They would then be issued with a fixed charge notice or summonsed to court, depending on the procedure in place for such offences. This would place a substantial additional burden on the resources of both the...