Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to convene a meeting between Fingal County Council and Dublin County Council to address the traffic issues at the Ashtown gate in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the relevant Local Authorities are in regular consultation with the Commissioners of Public Works regarding traffic management at the Ashtown Gate of the Phoenix Park and this will continue into the future.

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to provide a pedestrian crossing in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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There are already a number of pedestrian crossing points, located throughout the large acreage of the Phoenix Park. As part of a larger scheme of road upgrade works a previous proposal for additional crossing points on Chesterfield Avenue was rejected by An Bord Pleanála.

The Commissioners of Public Works will continue to monitor the position in keeping with public safety, the historical landscape setting of the Phoenix Park and consistent with the Conservation Management Plan for the Phoenix Park.

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Work's policy on the closure of a road in the middle of the Phoenix Park during the summer time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Commissioners of Public Works implemented a “pilot” part road closure in summer 2012, when a 1.2 km stretch of Chesterfield Avenue, between the Phoenix roundabout (east) and the Mountjoy roundabout (west) - was closed to vehicular traffic at weekends during the summer months.

This closure is consistent with the objectives of the Phoenix Park Conservation Management Plan 2011.

The policy of the OPW is to continue with this successful initiative which facilitates the open access of Chesterfield Avenue at weekends to pedestrians, cyclists, runners, walkers and families.