Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to progress a national integrated ticketing scheme once the integrated ticketing system for the greater Dublin area is fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31139/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Railway Procurement Agency is currently progressing the introduction of a smart card-based integrated ticketing system for public transport services in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). It is intended to transfer the responsibility for the system to the National Transport Authority (NTA) in due course.

The priority at present is to ensure the integrated ticketing system within the GDA is fully implemented and operating successfully. Any proposal to introduce a national integrated ticketing scheme would have to be examined having regard to the feasibility, costs and benefits and in the light of the experience gained with the GDA scheme.