Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the programme for Government commitment to establish regional cycle design offices, co-located in the seven regional design offices for roads, to support local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10267/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the overall policy and funding as it relates to Active Travel and Greenways. The Regional Design Offices (RDOs) fall under the remit of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), and I am therefore referring the Deputy's question to that agency for an up-to-date response. Please advise my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

The Deputy may also be interested to note that my Department has invested in resources to increase local authority capacity to spend the increased Active Travel funding and deliver up to 2,000 projects around the country. Over 200 additional staff have been recruited since 2021 across local authorities to work on the delivery of walking and cycling infrastructure, and recruitment is ongoing.