Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
644 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Transport if the local authority advisory committee of the Dublin Transportation Office continues to function; if it does not, when this committee ceased to exist and the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11324/04]
View answer645 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Transport the reason the members of Dublin City Council, nominated to serve on the local authority advisory committee of the Dublin Transportation Office have not been invited to attend a meeting since their nomination in July 1999. [11325/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 644 and 645 together.
I am advised by the Dublin Transportation Office, DTO, that its advisory committee has not ceased to exist. Its most recent term of appointment expired on 31 December 2003, however. The reappointment of the committee depends, in the first instance, on notification to the DTO by represented agencies of nominees for appointment for the new term. The DTO is awaiting outstanding information from some of the represented agencies in this regard. In the meantime, I will make arrangements for the reappointment of the committee, based on the nominations received to date. The DTO advisory committee was established in March 2000. I understand from the DTO that two members of Dublin City Council were nominated at the time to serve on the committee. A total of 12 meetings of the committee have taken place since 16 March 2000, the last of which took place on 7 May 2003. I understand from the DTO that both public representatives were invited to attend each of the meetings held. The DTO has informed me that the minutes from each meeting record that neither of the councillors attended any of the meetings that were held.
