Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which congestion is monitored here; the annual publications by State bodies under the aegis of his Department that record and public statistics on congestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32253/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Dublin Transportation Office, which comes under the aegis of my Department, is the principal State agency monitoring traffic congestion in the greater Dublin area, GDA.

The DTO monitors the performance of the DTO strategy against the objectives for each class of road user, as set out in A Platform for Change. The results of this monitoring exercise are included in the DTO road user monitoring report. The second such report, the 2005 road user monitoring report, has recently been completed and is available on the DTO website. Although this report does not include an actual indication of congestion, proxies for it are included in the form of journey time and speed survey results as well as traffic flow data from NRA traffic counters and supplemental DTO and Dublin City Council traffic surveys.

It should also be noted that the DTO has allocated funding to Dublin City Council to develop a real time congestion map, which is available on their website. Dublin City Council also provides a visual indication of congestion on their website via photos from traffic cameras located throughout the city council area.

If the Deputy wishes, I can arrange to have a copy of the DTO's 2005 road user monitoring report forwarded to her.