Results 161-180 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: We will ask the officials to respond regarding the future fuelling of public transport and to outline the thinking in the Department in this regard. I thank the Deputy for his views that matter. I am conscious of time and want to give every member an opportunity to ask questions. Senator Dolan will forgive me for making some comments before I call him. Most of what I had to say has been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: The cardiac issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: Castlemartyr.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I apologise to Senator Dolan and I call him now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the Senator for his advocacy on behalf of those with disabilities. It is important we bring that into the wider context.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: Definitely. We have had a lot of wide-ranging questions and comprehensive engagement. There are good insights into what members are seeing on the ground concerning access to services and where investment is needed. We need to return to local, national and regional roads as well, as I mentioned. We would be interested to hear the officials' responses. I am conscious of time and I thank...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: That would be great. I thank Ms Hanlon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I am conscious that we could delve very deeply into this debate, but I am also conscious of the time. Following on from Deputy Fitzmaurice's contribution, is there a timeframe for the Department's evaluations? When does the Department expect to report on its various experimental tests? Will it be done by the end of this year or spring of next year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: Will the Department also take into account the associated infrastructure required to support that type of technology?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: If gas infrastructure is required to run gas vehicles there will be a big demand for it because we do not have that infrastructure. It is important that is evaluated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I am conscious that another committee exists which can deal with this matter in far more depth. This committee is interested in this area in terms of connectivity and fuel technology. We would be interested to hear the outcome of the testing to be done when it is completed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I am anxious to hear responses about investment in rural, regional and national roads and rural link and on the issues of disability discussed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: The Deputy's points are well made but I want to hear the responses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: We also spoke about disability access and about Irish Rural Link and LocalLink.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I am sorry to interrupt again but members have a number of genuine concerns that are affecting access to rural transport and making rural transport work. The specific remit of this committee is to try to identify either blockages or the areas where funding is required. I know Ms Hanlon will note it and take it on board but, in a general sense, it is important that departmental officials...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: In our guests' engagement with the various State agencies - and we will have their representatives before the committee and will have an opportunity to put questions - it is important that this issue be flagged. If we want access and connectivity to rural transport to work, we will have to address the concerns members are raising. That is the general gist of it. To wrap up, could we have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I have to interrupt the Deputy. He has made that point well. It is an operational matter for Bus Éireann.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: Correct me if I am wrong but schedules and timetables are an operational matter for Bus Éireann.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: I am conscious of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
Paudie Coffey: No. I will move on.