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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2030 is a plan for a cleaner, greener, connected Ireland that supports communities and progresses the climate goal to cut emissions. Projects to be delivered under the NDP will help transform how we travel, connect us to our communities and help us halve our greenhouse gas emissions in transport by 2030. The NDP will deliver a transport system...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2030 is a plan for a cleaner, greener, connected Ireland that supports communities and progresses our climate goals. Projects to be delivered under the NDP will help transform how we travel, connect us to our communities and help Ireland to halve transport greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The NDP noted that an All-Island Strategic Rail Review is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The North West Transport Hub is one of three EU-funded INTERREG projects progressed in partnership with the Department of Transport, along with Cross-Border Greenway projects and the FASTER EV Charging Infrastructure Project. It was planned and delivered by Translink at a cost of £27 million. This funding was received from the INTERREG Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport in Ireland, including in relation to the rail network. The National Transport Authority, or NTA, has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the DART+ programme. Noting the NTA's responsibility in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including park & ride facilities. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport in Ireland, including in relation to the rail network. The National Transport Authority, or NTA, has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the National Train Control Centre. Noting the NTA's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: BusConnects is a transformative programme of investment in the bus system, providing better bus services across our cities. It is the largest investment in the bus system in the history of the State, and is managed by the National Transport Authority (NTA). In Dublin, the major infrastructure element of BusConnects comprises 12 Core Bus Corridor schemes. These Corridors aim to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to the decarbonisation of the public transport sector in line with the Climate Action Plan. No new diesel-only buses have been purchased for urban public service obligation bus fleets since July 2019, as set out in the National Development Plan 2018-2027. The transition to a zero-emission urban bus fleet is currently programmed to take up until 2035, based on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Apr 2024)

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, which are supplemented by State grants for regional and local roads. As outlined in the 2024 Regional and Local Roads programme which I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the Warmer Homes Scheme on behalf of my Department. Delivering free energy upgrades to low-income households and reducing the waiting times for the Warmer Homes Scheme is a top priority for my Department and the SEAI. Applications to the Scheme are assessed on the basis of when they first apply to SEAI. Homes with the worst...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: 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 operation and management 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: Bus Services (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services and the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the CIÉ Group is actively engaged in introducing changes to their pension schemes aimed at rectifying the significant deficit in order to meet the statutory Minimum Funding Standard (MFS) required by the Pensions Authority. The changes also aim to sustain the pension schemes into the long-term. Regarding the 1951 Scheme, CIÉ has prepared and submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together. 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, which are supplemented by State grants for regional and local roads. The Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport uses advertising and public awareness campaigns to highlight public consultations, encourage behaviour change in favour of sustainable travel and to promote recruitment opportunities. In 2023, the Department launched its Your Journey Counts emissions-reduction campaign to encourage people to walk, cycle and take public transport. The figures for my...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: 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, design, construction, 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 Projects (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: 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. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to confirm for the Deputy that my Department has not engaged with the company referenced.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (23 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. In both the policy and funding areas there have been significant developments since this Government came into office, with the publication of a new Sustainable Mobility Policy and its five-year action plan providing strong policy support to the continued expansion and enhancement...