Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport the schemes or initiatives in the area of public transport that have been suspended or cancelled within his Department since 2002; the amount spent on such schemes to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The period since the establishment of an integrated Department of Transport in 2002 has been marked by good progress in the upgrading of public transport networks and services including, in particular, the revitalization of the railway network, as envisaged in the National Development Plan 2000-2006. Transport 21 provides the framework for future investment in the sector up to 2015. Good progress has also been made in the strengthening of institutional arrangements, through the establishment of a Railway Safety Commission and the decision to establish a Dublin Transport Authority and in plans for the reform of bus market regulation.

Against this background and to the best of my knowledge, no schemes or initiatives in the area of public transport have been suspended or cancelled, since 2002 but policies, programmes and projects in relation to public transport have evolved and been adapted in response, inter alia, to public consultation, detailed analysis and Government consideration and decisions. For example some of the proposals in the National Development Plan 2000-2006 were modified as a result of the recommendations in the Dublin Transportation Office's long term transportation strategy "A Platform for Change".