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The principles, goals and actions set out in this Policy represent a holistic framework to enable realisation of these challenging targets. In order to measure progress, a new annual National Household Travel Survey will be developed by the NTA, building on their experience gained through the current 5-year survey, and published each year. This annual survey will allow us track progress toward our targets, analyse the impact of post-COVID-19 travel patterns and provide a rich and current data source for Irish transport research. The first of these surveys will be available in early 2023 with annual updates published thereafter and will provide an evidenceinformed perspective on progress toward our 2030 targets.

In order to measure progress,

a new annual National

Household Travel Survey will

be developed by the NTA,

building on their experience gained

through the current 5-year survey,

and published each year.

The Policy will be implemented in collaboration with other government departments, the NTA, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), the regional assemblies, local authorities and other stakeholders. A Leadership Group will be established to oversee implementation of the Policy and delivery of the action plan including the mid-term review of the action plan in 2025. The group will be chaired by the Department of Transport and will include representatives of the key stakeholders involved in leading and supporting implementation of the actions.

Implementation, monitoring and review

The Policy is accompanied by an action plan to 2025 with a comprehensive range of new and expanded measures across the 10 high-level goals. These will be supported by complementary actions from other relevant national policies and strategies, which will support delivery of the Policy’s goals. The action plan will be reviewed in 2025 to measure how we are delivering our goals. This will allow us to take stock, to update actions and to add new actions where necessary for the remaining five years to 2030.

The Leadership Group will report to the Minister for Transport on a quarterly basis and progress on implementation of the Policy will be overseen

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expenditure allocations provided through the annual budgetary process.

by the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change. The Cabinet Committee is supported by a Senior Officials Group of civil servants from key government departments. The Leadership Group will publish an annual report, utilising the data from the new annual National Household Travel Survey to detail progress against the targets, outlining implementation progress against the actions in the action plan and reporting on issues such as:

Over the period 2021 to 2030, approximately €35 billion in capital funding has been allocated for the transport system, while Budget 2022 has allocated a further €538 million to support public transport services in 2022 alone.

In relation to current expenditure, the Department of Transport, in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, has engaged NewERA to carry out a review of the public transport Public Service Obligation programme. This will establish an agreed estimate of the core funding required to deliver the current range of services and, as a second phase of analysis, forecast the costs arising over and above that core funding to deliver the public transport services deemed necessary to fulfil this Policy’s targets.

MKilometres of active travel infrastructure

developed annually.

MKilometres of bus lanes/bus priority developed

annually.

MNumber of zero/low emission vehicles/

carriages in public transport fleet.

MNumber of train stations with full platform

accessibility.

MOverall satisfaction level with public transport.

MAnnual number of public transport journeys.

A number of non-Exchequer related policy levers will also be applied including regulatory and demand management measures.

We are committed to improving the recording and provision of data in relation to sustainable mobility. For some areas such as transport accessibility, affordability, integrated mobility and active travel infrastructure, gaps in existing data sources mean we are unable to identify sufficiently robust reporting indicators at this stage to measure progress in these areas. The Leadership Group will look to establish suitable indicators in these areas for inclusion in the annual report.

A National Sustainable Mobility Forum will be established to provide a platform for wider collaborative engagement with national, regional and local stakeholders around the implementation of the Policy. Further information on the role of this forum and the Leadership Group is set out under Goal 8.

Funding

Implementation of the Policy will be funded through the capital expenditure allocations provided by the NDP and through the current

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