Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new Dublin Transport Authority will be fully operational. [46376/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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It is my intention to establish the Dublin Transport Authority as early as possible in 2009 once I am satisfied that it has the financial and staffing resources necessary to enable it discharge effectively the functions assigned to it by the Oireachtas under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008.

Discussions are currently taking place between my Department and the Department of Finance on the financing and staffing of the Authority against the background of the difficult position faced by the Exchequer as outlined in the recent Budget.