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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: "Yes" is the short answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is good. The timelines the witnesses have just outlined refer to 2021. Does the NTA have the required money now? How does the budgeting for this work? Does the NTA have just enough for consultation and further design? Are we dependent on the Government in place in 2020 or early 2021 and its budgetary position or is the money already banked? Ms Anne Graham:We are always dependent on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Is there any multi-annual mechanism by which €2 billion has been allocated to BusConnects so the NTA can put the funds in its post office account?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That covers the running costs. Is the money banked on the capital side or is the National Transport Authority depending on-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That will depend on an increase in current expenditure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How much of the €2 billion is capital expenditure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Is the €2 billion in the bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Let us say that I am the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and I lose the run of myself and decide the National Transport Authority is not getting any more money. Is the €2 billion in the can?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I do not mean me. Suppose there was some drastic change in policy direction by whatever Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: As such, it is an IOU. It is like "Dumb and Dumber" - a briefcase full of IOUs that are as good as cash.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Have Governments respected that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Assuming that one can be arrived at, is the best-case scenario for a final agreement on BusConnects to be delivered by the middle of next year? Is that when things will be decided?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There will be a further consultation in the first quarter of next year. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I wish to make a couple of points about the consultations. The starting point for the first consultation was a view that change would not really be possible without abolishing the whole plan. The second round has proved that in fact it was possible. We can all acknowledge some improvement though there may be some anomalies. The National Transport Authority has kept an open mind on making...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The timing of consultations has been raised. Even though I am Sligo-based, I am my party's transport spokesman so people contact my office. The consultations conclude at 5 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The two examples that were mentioned took place at Liffey Valley, with an alternative held in Castleknock. The times did not suit people, particularly working people. One consultation finished at 5...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Suppose someone who is trying to attend is working in Sandyford and living in Lucan, and has to collect one child and drop off another, cook dinner and all the rest. Perhaps the NTA would consider holding the consultations later for the sake of the public. That leads to another point that has reached my office, although Deputies from Dublin and the greater Dublin area will have much better...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Very well. Members of the public have raised two junctions with me. I do not want what I am about to say to be misinterpreted as being against pedestrians. They are obviously a priority. I am told that at the junction at College Green and at the Stephen's Green end of Baggot Street the period of time given for people to cross is very generous. A review of those junctions could benefit...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We could be pioneering and not depend on other countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Marc MacSharry: With all due respect, we can learn from listening to our own people without going to the expense of consulting other countries.