Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of his meeting of 5 October 2005 on congestion in Dublin; the bodies or individuals who were invited; the bodies or individuals who attended; if he will publish the 37 point plan adopted at the meeting as reported in a newspaper (details supplied); the actions he will take on foot of this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I have convened a group of individuals to work on a transport initiative, under the title of the Clare Street initiative, CSI. The purpose of CSI is to progress effective implementation of traffic management and related measures in the greater Dublin area and to bring added value to major transport investments that are under way and planned. In so doing, we are taking account of the experience of an initiative, entitled the Inzeller Kreis initiative, which was jointly established by the Mayor of Munich and BMW in 1995. It is my hope that through the CSI we can learn lessons from the earlier initiative that will help to achieve better traffic management in the greater Dublin area. The following are the names of the individuals who have agreed to participate in the initiative, with an indication of those who attended the meeting in Clontarf Castle on 5 October 2005. Members were invited to join the CSI on a personal basis rather than as a representative of any agency, company or interest, and to bring only their own views to the table.

The CSI charter, adopted in Clontarf Castle at its inaugural meeting on 5 October, makes it clear that the initiative will work with existing agencies and within existing governance structures and that it will be the responsibility of the relevant statutory, or other, agencies to decide whether to proceed with projects suggested by the initiative. I have arranged to have copies of the CSI charter placed in the Oireachtas Library for the information of Deputies.

Members of the CSI tabled 37 projects in advance of the seminar on 5 October 2005. Workshops were held to consider those projects in detail. Each of three workshop groups presented their chosen projects to the plenary session, whereupon they were considered and a short list of projects, in some cases involving an amalgamation of individual projects was identified. The list of projects is not finalised, however, as it still requires those who have been identified as sponsors of individual projects to confirm their acceptance of such sponsorship. Agencies identified as implementers of individual projects must formally accept responsibility for them before the list of projects can be formally announced.