Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 January 2021
168. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in his Department and each State agency under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [4497/21]
View answerMy Department, in close collaboration with its agencies, continues to monitor and assess the impacts (including financial impacts) across the maritime, land transport, and aviation sectors, all of which have been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In relation to the Department of Transport’s current expenditure, the published Revised Estimates 2021 set out the COVID-19 emergency funding provided to each impacted area, and include a set of metrics for monitoring the performance of the funding over the course of 2021.
In relation to capital investment, the Department and its agencies will be paying close attention to any emerging long term impacts of COVID-19 on travel demand, modal choice, and the distribution of transport journeys across all modes of transport, which may influence transport investment.
In consultation with staff, my Department will design and implement a remote working policy in line with the Civil Service Remote Working Framework that is currently under development. My Department expects to cover the cost of any required PPE from its existing administrative budget.
