Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
253. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the stakeholders forum will be established for public transport; the intended make-up and remit of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/20]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government encompasses a wide and ambitious range of commitments for public transport, one of which is the establishment of a national level forum in relation to public transport.
The Deputy will be aware that my Department has already been undertaking a review of sustainable mobility policy, which incorporates public transport and active travel. In this context the Department held a public consultation process between November 2019 and February 2020, and included a stakeholder event in the course of that consultation. I will be publishing a report of that public consultation shortly. More broadly, the review work and the consultation will now be feeding into the development of a new statement of sustainable mobility policy that will replace the existing policy from 2009, Smarter Travel, and will set the framework for the Government ambitious plans for public transport and active travel over the coming years. Our Programme for Government commitment about a forum will be progressed in the context of that new policy statement.
