Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport the service plans which are in place to provide for rapidly developing areas that have transport needs but which do not feature in Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Transport 21 sets out the Government's transport capital investment priorities for the ten-year period 2006 to 2015. In developing Transport 21, my Department took account of the national spatial strategy, regional planning guidelines, the Dublin Transportation Office strategy document, A Platform for Change, the strategic rail review and the national road needs study. My Department also engaged with relevant State agencies in order to identify the transport investment priorities.

Transport 21 provides the basis for addressing the transport requirements of all known development areas around the country and there is active engagement between the relevant local authorities and transport agencies in this regard. Transport 21 has identified the most urgent investment priorities and, I believe, has struck the correct balance between the transport investment needs of the greater Dublin area and those of other cities and regions.