Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Transport (Houses of the Oireachtas) on 28th May 2025, by Hugh Creegan, NTA Chief Executive (Interim)
” Cathaoirleach, Committee members, thank you for the invitation to appear before the Committee today. I understand that the Committee wishes to obtain an overview of the work of the National Transport Authority (NTA). To assist me in dealing with questions that may arise during the session, I am joined by Eoin Gillard, Assistant Director – Transport Investment and John Nott, Head of Public Transport Service Planning.
As the members of the Committee will recognise, the NTA has a broad remit of activities covering strategic planning of transport, the provision of transport services, the development of transport infrastructure and various regulatory and licensing activities.
The core act establishing the NTA is the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 which initially envisaged an entity focused on transport matters in the Greater Dublin Area, which would be called the Dublin Transport Authority. However, before we were established in December 2009, this name and our remit was changed in the Public Transport Regulation Act of that year. Due to these changes, certain of our functions are national functions and others remain focussed on the Greater Dublin Area.
Later legislation added the regulation of small public service vehicles, being taxis, hackneys and limousines, with the incorporation of the functions of the dissolved Commission for Taxi Regulation. And in 2015, the Vehicle Clamping Act gave the NTA responsibility for the regulation of clamping activities and the provision of a clamping appeals system.
The NTA works with a large number of partner organisations in the delivery of its remit, including the Department of Transport, local authorities, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, State and private transport operators and various other parties.
Given the extent of the NTA’s remit and associated activities, and in the interests of brevity of this introductory statement, I have attached an appendix providing specific detail on the various functions of the NTA, in addition to information on a variety of ongoing project and services activities. I hope that the note provides a reasonable level of information on various aspects of our work and further detail can be provided on any item as required.
This concludes my opening remarks and I welcome any questions that members of the Committee may have.“