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Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: That board has informed me that the proceeds of sale of that land, were it to go ahead, will be used for maintenance of the infrastructure which the Deputy wants to see developed.

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Again, there is a due diligence process taking place between the harbour company and the local authority, which I support and believe must happen. The reason it must happen is because the appropriate way for that port to be governed, developed and operated into the future is through the local authority in the area. The legislation to allow that to happen will be enacted later this year. I...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: -----that required my consent and have come into this House and explained the reasons in some cases I have given consent and in others I have not. My priority in this regard-----

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not going to comment on local views or matters in the development of a particular piece of land. I have set out my position on what I believe is the right way for this port to be governed and developed into the future.

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: On the Deputy's point regarding the 48-hour time period, I cannot give her an answer now but I will find that information and share it with her. I have done my best to answer all the different questions the Deputy has put me and have given her figures on them. In addition, I have available the monthly figures for this year in respect of the number of US troops who are transiting Shannon...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: All the decisions my Department takes in this area are with the active consultation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of our country. I appeared before the summer before the petitions committee of the Oireachtas and answered questions on this matter for most of an afternoon. As for the broad question the Deputy put to me...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy, I am comfortable and I do support the objectives in our foreign policy. Ireland is a neutral country. The policy we have reflects that and as a former Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I saw the way in which Ireland's neutrality was articulated in different meetings and in different discussions on the matter to which the Deputy is...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am answering Members' questions on the passage and transit of aircraft through Irish airspace. The Government's policy in this matter is clear. I have outlined to Members all the figures Deputy Clare Daly sought in her question, as she is absolutely entitled to do, and I have stated I will supply further material and I will. As for the use of civilian aircraft and that matter, the...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: That is my knowledge and the Garda has the ability to carry out such an inspection if these provisions are being infringed.

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his question. At a meeting with the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in May 2015, the company advised me of its intention to dispose of the site referred to in the Deputy's question. The company's master plan, published in 2011, earmarked this site for potential development. Under the Harbours Acts, there is no requirement for the company to seek my...

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Regardless of what change we make to it, I am not sure the sector will be celebrating, given the kind of challenges it has faced.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I have given a commitment to the sector, to which I have referred publicly and which I am happy to reaffirm. Due to changes which the United Kingdom has made in how it taxes that sector - it has a right to tax how it wants-----

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, we do, and that is why we brought in the fuel rebate in recognition of an issue they had then.

Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The UK made a change to how it wants to tax this sector. The Minister for Finance has said that, dependent on the money available to us, over time, we will look to address the sector to try to help its efforts to be more competitive. The sector has been involved in work that we have done in that area. While no decisions have yet been made in the budget, that work is under way. I am...

Other Questions: Road Projects (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding for the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. The assessment and prioritisation of individual national road projects within...

Other Questions: Road Projects (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy knows, I am not in a position to confirm or announce what will be in the plan or whether all or some of what he refers to will be included. I have to get Government support and agreement as to what that project will be and I am working on that at the moment. I reiterate that I am very much aware of the need for the projects to which he is referring. The Deputy has raised the...

Other Questions: Road Projects (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am well exhorted in respect of this project. I am aware of all the points the Deputy has made. I have outlined the challenges I face. We have a capital budget that has rapidly decreased for reasons with which we are all familiar. I am working very closely with the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and have been doing so for nearly a year, on how we can respond to the challenges we face. I am...

Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The number of US troops who have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2015 is 39,613.   The number of requests my Department received up to the end of August 2015 from civilian aircraft to land at Shannon Airport or pass through Irish airspace while carrying munitions was 566. Some 188 permits were issued for aircraft to land at Shannon, five were issued for aircraft landing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Ellis. I reiterate that we are not talking about the cancellation of DART underground in the future. However, the tunnel, as designed more than a decade ago, is no longer appropriate or proportionate to what we believe our country is going to look like in the coming decades. The tunnel alone would cost €3 billion, which means that there are many other projects in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network (23 Sep 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I apologise to Deputy Ellis because I did not answer his question on the BRT and the specific point he put to me earlier. We need to find new ways to increase the capacity of our bus network. No matter what changes we make in the future, the form of public transport most likely to carry most people across our country is bus and this will be done by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. Hence,...