A committee chaired by my Department and including representatives from CIE, Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, the light rail project team of CIE and the Dublin Transportation Office was established in late 1998 to prepare proposals for an integrated fares and ticketing system. These proposals were finalised and noted by the Government in November 2000. Copies of the report are available on my Department's website, www.irlgov.ie/tec. I am also arranging to forward the report to the Deputy.
Following the committee's report, my Department in early 2001 requested the light rail project office to develop an integrated ticketing project. In August 2001, an outline project plan was agreed with the LRPO which is proceeding with the work in that regard. The work of the LRPO will shortly be subsumed into the Railway Procurement Agency. The project plan is taking the project from design to launch incorporating procurement, installation, commissioning and roll out.