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Publication Scheme A Guide to the Structure, Functions, Services and Records of Transport Infrastructure Ireland Prepared under Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 Edition 02 2020 – 2023 Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 Transport Infrastructure Ireland PUBLICATION SCHEME Prepared under Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 Table of Contents Part 1: About Transport Infrastructure Ireland 4 1.01 Establishment of TII 4 1.02 Roles, Responsibilities and Functions 5 • National Roads 5 • Light Rail 5 1.03 Records Held by TII 7 1.04 Governance / Management Arrangements 7 1.05 Corporate Plans and Strategies 7 1.06 Annual Report and Accounts 8 1.07 Organisation and Pay / Grading Structures 8 1.08 Locations and Contact Details 12 1.09 Links to Agencies / Other Bodies under the Remit of TII 13 1.10 Service Level Agreements / Memoranda of Understanding 13 1.11 Customer Charter 15 1.12 Codes of Practice / Guidelines 15 Part 2: Services Provided to the Public 17 2.01 List of Services 17 2.02 Accessing Services 30 2.03 Cost of Accessing Services 30 2.04 Administration of Services 31 2.05 Review / Appeal Rights Relating to Services 31 2.06 Research Projects Regarding Services 32 Part 3: Decision Making Process for Major Policy Proposals 34 3.01 Major Policy Proposals 34 3.02 Background to Policy Proposals and Decisions 38 3.03 Reports on the Operation of Public Services 39 3.04 Expenditure Reviews and Policy Assessments 39 1 Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 Part 4: Financial Information 42 4.01 Financial Statements 42 4.02 Major Plans for Capital Expenditure 42 4.03 Payments for Works, Goods and Services 42 4.04 Governance: Board Member Remuneration 42 4.05 Funding / Sponsorship of Non-Public Bodies 42 Part 5: Procurement 44 5.01 Procurement Policies 44 5.02 Link to Current Tender Competitions on eTenders 44 5.03 Public Contracts Awarded 44 Part 6: FOI Disclosure Log and Other Routinely Published Information 46 6.01 FOI Disclosure Log 46 6.02 Reports 46 6.03 Commercial Publications and Charges 46 6.04 Regularly Sought Information Held by TII 46 2 Part 1: About Transport Infrastructure Ireland Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 Part 1: About Transport Infrastructure Ireland 1.01 Establishment of TII Under the Roads Act 2015, the staff and Department of functions of the Railway Procurement Transport, Tourism and Sport Agency (RPA) were merged with the National Roads Authority (NRA), with effect from 1 August 2015. Established in 2001, the RPA was responsible for the development of light railway and metro Commission for Aviation Regulation infrastructure, while the NRA, which was established in 1994, has overall Commissioners of Irish Lights responsibility for the development and maintenance of the national road network. Marine Casualty Investigation Board The name “Transport Infrastructure Ireland” (TII) was specified by the Minister for Medical Bureau of Road Safety Transport, Tourism and Sport as the name by which the NRA may describe itself National Transport Authority for operational purposes, following the merger of the two organisations (Statutory Instrument No. 297 / 2015). Transport Infrastructure Ireland TII is a non-commercial semi-State body, Commission for Railway Regulation which operates under the aegis of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Road Safety Authority Sport. TII exists to fulfil an important purpose of national strategic significance, Sport Ireland touching the lives of citizens and visitors alike on a daily basis. Our mission is to provide high quality transport infrastructure Fáilte Ireland and services, delivering a better quality of life and supporting economic growth. Tourism Ireland Diagram 1: Non-Commercial State Agencies of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport 4 Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 1.02 Roles, Responsibilities and TII has a general power to direct a road Functions authority to “do any other thing which arises out of or is consequential on or is National Roads necessary or expedient for the purposes of or would facilitate the construction or Under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015, maintenance of a national road”. TII’s key role in relation to national roads is to secure the provision of a safe and TII may give specific directions to road efficient network. In addition to having authorities relating to a range of matters, overall responsibility for the planning including making a motorway scheme, and supervision of construction and acquiring land by compulsory purchase maintenance of national roads, TII has a order, preparing an Environmental number of specific functions, including: Impact Statement (EIS) and entering into contracts for and / or undertaking specified • preparing, or arranging for the preparation construction or maintenance works. of, road designs, maintenance programmes and schemes for the Section 57 of the Roads Act, as amended provision of traffic signs on national by the Planning and Development Act 2000, roads; allows TII to prepare a scheme for the • securing the carrying out of construction, establishment of a system of tolls in respect improvement and maintenance works on of the use of a national road. TII may also national roads; enter into an agreement with another • allocating and paying grants for works on person whereby that person agrees, inter national roads, and alia, to pay some or all of the costs of the • undertaking training, research or testing construction and / or maintenance of the activities in relation to any of our road and / or to upgrade and manage the functions. road. Toll charges may be used to repay all or part of the private funding involved. While many of our national roads functions are discharged through local authorities, Light Rail who are the road authorities for their respective administrative areas, motorways Under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) (with the exception of Public Private Act 2001, the core functions of TII in Partnership sections of the network) relation to light rail include the construction, and high speed dual carriageways are operation and maintenance of such light maintained, operated and managed under railway and metro railway infrastructure as Motorway Maintenance and Renewal may be determined from time to time by the Contracts awarded by TII. Minister. 5 Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 O gic b te jec tra tiv S es Safety Improve road, tunnel and light rail safety. People Maintain, enhance and harness the capability of the Sustainability TII team, promoting values of Apply sustainability collaboration, innovation, principles in developing integrity and spirit of Mission and operating road and public service. Our mission is to light rail systems. provide high quality transport infrastructure and services, delivering a better quality of life and supporting economic growth. Engagement and Consolidation Invest in maintenance, collaboration renewal and development Continue commitment to of road and light rail effective communication, infrastructure and systems teamwork and partnership to maintain and enhance with external parties in quality of service and pursuit of our mission. controls and to establish a steady state investment New pattern infrastructure Lead the cost efficient and effective delivery of national road, light rail and metro elements of the National Development Plan. Diagram 2: TII Mission Statement (TII Statement of Strategy 2019 – 2023 p.5) 6 Publication Scheme - Section 8 Freedom of Information Act 2014 1.03 Records Held by TII to fourteen members – thirteen ordinary members and a chairperson – appointed TII holds a wide range of administrative by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and and technical records, in hardcopy and Sport. Members are appointed on the basis electronic format, commensurate with of their experience in relation to roads, our extensive roles, responsibilities transport, industrial, commercial, financial and functions. In accordance with the or environmental matters, local government provisions of the Freedom of Information and the organisation of workers or Act 2014, the Government’s Open Data administration. initiative and the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations, we endeavour Details of the current membership of the to facilitate the public availability of these board and the senior management structure records through our website, www.tii.ie of TII are provided in the About Us section and the national Open Data Portal. Further of our website. information in relation to the types of records held by TII in connection with our 1.05 Corporate Plans and Strategies activities, is provided in Part 2. The Government’s National Planning Of course, it is not appropriate or feasible Framework (NPF) and National to facilitate access to all our records. The Development Plan (NDP), together known types of information / records that are not as Project 2040, respectively provide the generally made publicly available include, strategic and financial frameworks for TII’s but not limited to: activities for the period from 2018 to 2027. The plans may be viewed / downloaded on • Information the disclosure of which is the Government of Ireland website. prevented by law, or exempt under the Freedom of Information Act, or is In accordance with the Code of Practice for otherwise properly considered to be the Governance of State Bodies, TII’s goals protected from disclosure. and strategies are set out in our Statement • Information in draft form. of Strategy. • Information that is no longer readily available as it is contained in files that The Statement of Strategy that TII will have been placed in archive storage, or is pursue during the period 2019 to 2023, difficult to access for similar reasons. reflects the careful consideration given by TII to: 1.04 Governance / Management Arrangements • National policies, strategies, plans and frameworks of relevance to transport The board of TII is responsible for the and to the development of which TII has exercise of our functions under the Roads contributed.
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