Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 February 2022
184. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the final deadline date for the State to make a submission to the EU Commission on the Ten-T review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8944/22]
View answerThe European Commission’s review of the 2013 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation commenced in 2019 and is now complete. My Department participated fully in this review process. The Commission published the results of this review in May 2021 and its report is available at this link:
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021SC0117
Based on the results of this review and on its consultations with stakeholders, the EU Commission, in December 2021, published its proposal for a revised TEN-T Regulation. The text of the proposal is available at this link:
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:812:FIN
This proposal is now under negotiation in the Council of the European Union and in the European Parliament. During this process Member States and MEPs can seek changes to the Commission's proposal, including the network maps. There is no set timeframe for completion of the negotiations but it is likely that they will continue at least until the latter half of this year.
