Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in establishing a Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16235/06]

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the progress made to date in the establishment of a Dublin Transport Authority; if all the members of the Authority's board have been selected; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/06]

Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new Dublin Transport Authority will be in operation; the responsibilities of the proposed agency; the staffing and funding structure for the agency; and the powers the authority will have in its dealings with both public and private transport operators and the Dublin Transport Office and the local authorities in the greater Dublin area. [16278/06]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Dublin Transport Authority will be established; if he will fast-track its establishment in view of its important role in the delivery of Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 132, 157 and 314 together.

In November 2005 I appointed a Dublin Transport Authority Establishment Team. I asked the Team to:

—make recommendations on the establishment of a transport authority for the Greater Dublin Area, addressing the remit of the authority, its powers, structure, organisation and human and other resource requirements and such other matters as the Team considered appropriate;

—give advice on the content of legislation required to establish the proposed authority on a statutory basis; and

—make recommendations on what interim arrangements should be put in place pending the enactment of the legislation.

The Team has finalised its work and I received its report at the end of March. I am currently considering the report and its recommendations.

I intend to bring proposals in relation to a Dublin Transport Authority to Government in the near future. Consideration is also being given to interim arrangements which, pending the enactment of legislation to establish the Authority on a statutory basis, would facilitate putting in place the human resource and organisational structures of the Authority at an early stage following a Government decision.