Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015
619. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority has concluded the receipt of submissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/15]
View answerThe National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). In this regard the NTA is in the process of preparing a new transport strategy for the GDA comprising the counties of Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow covering the period 2015 to 2035. Preparing such a strategy is one of the functions of the Authority under the Dublin Transport Authority Act, 2008.
It is intended that the NTA's draft transport strategy will be available for public consultation in mid-2015. As a first step in that process, the Authority invited views and opinions on what might be addressed in the transport strategy and the draft strategy prepared in 2011 is being used as a template to inform this process. The closing date for submissions was 2 March.
