Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which road, rail, air and sea transport facilities continue to be measured in the context of overall integration with particular reference to a maximisation of efficiency and availability of services throughout the entire country, thereby maximising the economic benefit to the economy in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14521/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​My Department's Mission Statement is to "shape the safe and sustainable development of transport, tourism, and sport, to support economic growth and social progress".

In pursuing this mission we are committed to the development of an integrated transport policy that delivers the best possible outcomes.  An integrated and co-ordinated transport system is an important consideration when it comes to future decisions on transport investment.  In making decisions as to the future, my Department has been active to ensure that a co-ordinated approach is taken and that we do not look at land, maritime or aviation transport in isolation from each other.

The Department's Statement of Strategy, available on the Department's website www.dttas.ie,sets out the means by which the Department aims to achieve this coordination and integration.