Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned timeframe for delivering the East Wall-Sandycove walking and cycling infrastructure greenway. [7884/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The National Transport Authority (NTA) is responsible for the development and implementation of public transport and sustainable transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). My Department provides funding to the NTA for the seven local authorities in the GDA for the implementation of sustainable transport projects including cycling and walking infrastructure.

The East Coast Trail, including the Sutton to Sandycove scheme of which the section between East Wall and Sandycove forms part, is a key element of the Greenway Network of the GDA Cycle Network Plan, as published by the NTA in 2014. 

Following design work and extensive public consultation on the Sandymount-Blackrock section of this scheme, which received almost 700 submissions from interested parties, I understand the NTA has re-examined certain elements of the scheme and now intends to discuss further with the two Councils involved, Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, as well as with a dedicated committee that has been set up by the two Councils, to see what the appropriate next steps should be. A more definitive timeline for the project will be established subsequent to those discussions.

Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred your question to the NTA for a more detailed reply with regard to this particular project. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.