Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport his position on the establishment of a greater Dublin land use and transport authority, indicating the reasons the land use appears no longer to be a part of the proposal; if he intends to provide statutory authority for an integrated Dublin Transport Authority; and the functions that he now intends to invest in this authority. [27875/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I received the report of the Dublin Transportation Authority Establishment Team on the 28th of March. I had 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.

Significant work has been undertaken by my Department in the interim in relation to the legislative measures required to establish such an Authority on a statutory basis. It remains my intention to submit the matter to Government for decision in the near future and I expect to be in a position to publish legislation as soon as is practicable following that decision. It would clearly not be appropriate to outline details of my proposals for the new Authority pending consideration of the matter by the Government.