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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: With regard to the review of rail services I want to ask about access to railway stations. At Clongriffin station there is an urgent need to provide safe, universal and permanent access for commuters from Baldoyle. The temporary access, which the Minister visited earlier this year, was opened in 2010 and has yet to be replaced with permanent access. For 14 years, the local community has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I welcome the Minister's comments on the Athenry to Claremorris project and the Limerick to Shannon project, for which I have been advocating for some years. I am delighted it is on the agenda. I strongly believe these should be among the highest priorities of the Government to deliver. They are not complex or difficult projects and they are not expensive projects. They should be pursued...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to answer all of the questions. I will begin with Deputy Ó Murchú's questions. The next Government and the one after it will have to recognise that we do not have the funding for everything. We are going to have to make some hard choices. To my mind, the choice should continue to be the prioritisation of public transport. The real benefit is that it will bring us...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I asked if that memo will be brought to Cabinet and the Minister of State is saying "No" it will not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I cannot take a heckler.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I have given the Minister of State extra time. We have to listen to each other. We are moving on to the next question, go dtí an tríú ceist ar sonraíodh uain di in ainm an Teachta Ruairí Ó Murchú.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Aviation Industry

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

John Brady: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the planned passenger cap at Dublin Airport will impact on regional flights within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42051/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister of State about the planned passenger cap of 32 million passengers at Dublin Airport and its impact upon regional flights within Ireland and if he can make a statement on the matter. The matter was brought up by Deputy Pearse Doherty with regard to Donegal Cancer Flights and Services and the fact that there are 430 cancer patients, and this is the means by which they get to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: As the Deputy should be aware, as should all of the House, increasing capacity at Dublin Airport is in line with the national aviation policy and it is something that I and the Government want to see happen, notwithstanding the planning framework within which we all must operate. We recognises the strategic importance of Dublin Airport to meeting national social and economic policy goals....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That definitely was the request that this passenger cap, whatever the wider issues are, should not impact, in particular, PSOs. We are talking tourism but we are also talking about those who have absolutely necessary medical and health reasons for travelling. I welcome that and we need to ensure it happens because the chairperson of the airline had stated that there could be an issue about...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I could not agree more with the Deputy and I am actively engaged in trying to find a solution. I find it somewhat extraordinary that 17 years had elapsed since the 2007 cap had been imposed until last year when the DAA lodged its planning application to lift the cap. One might have thought that given an issue with such gravity that it might have been addressed earlier. We are where we are,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It would be a much longer conversation if we are going to talk about the issues that exist around planning in this State and its history. There is no doubt that there is a huge number of issues with regard the time it takes and the fact that there cannot be any guarantees even when people can comply with planning conditions. On the residents, it is absolutely necessary and a great deal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy and I believe we are ad idem on this. I reiterate the Government wants to see the cap lifted. It is national aviation policy to grow the connectivity at Dublin Airport and indeed at the regional airports and across the island because we are an island nation. Unfortunately, it is not a straightforward matter. It is one that whatever approach we ultimately take will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Transport Policy

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made in implementing the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the implementation plan following the publication of the All-Island Rail Strategy will be published; the criteria which were given to the consultants in drawing up this plan in relation to ensuring balanced regional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41628/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Can the Minister provide an update on the progress being made in implementing the All-Island Strategic Rail Review? We welcomed the fact that there was an increase in services. In my part of the world we definitely welcome the fact that the Belfast-Dublin service was becoming hourly. We have then had a number of revisions of timetables because there has been an element of chaos. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 72 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the All-Island Strategic Rail Review was undertaken in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. Following two public consultations, the review’s final report was published on 31 July 2024. The review's final report sets out 32 strategic recommendations to enhance...