Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the board of the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36026/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 established the Dublin Transport Authority, which was later renamed the National Transport Authority and granted additional statutory functions pursuant to amendments made by the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009. Thus the present NTA was originally developed to be a transport authority for the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) only, and the Authority still retains a wider range of powers and functions in relation to the GDA than it does for the remainder of the country.

Section 14(1) of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, as amended by Sections 29 and 30 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009, requires that the National Transport Authority (NTA) consist of a Chairperson and 11 ordinary members, who perform and carry out the functions of the NTA in accordance with the Acts.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) is governed by this Board of up to 12 members, who are appointed by the Minister for Transport. Under the legislation, 3 positions on the Board are ex officio positions reserved for the Chief Executive, another senior manager of the NTA and the Dublin City Manager. The legislation's specification of the Dublin City Manager reflects the original intention that the Authority would have a GDA focus.