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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: They are not the most profitable routes but they are-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: Are the routes profitable?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: If it is bridging finance, will the company pay it back?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: There is a misconception here that a PSO means the route is unprofitable. That is not true. It is a public service route. Some public service routes are profitable. What has been used in the past is the ability of profitable routes to cross-subsidise unprofitable routes. We know the routes. They are: the 17A, the 33A, the 33B, 45A, 45B, 59, 63, 63A, 75, 75A, 102, 111, 175, 184 and 185....
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: The money is being paid to Go-Ahead.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: It is going to the NTA and then to Go-Ahead. While it is not going directly from the Minister's Department to Go-Ahead, it is going to the NTA to pay Go-Ahead.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: Go-Ahead is the net beneficiary of the money.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: We focused on that predominantly. There was some toing and froing but I asked the Minister a number of questions which were not answered. Of the €5 million for bus and Luas investment, how many new buses will it deliver? Will they be hybrid buses? When were the eight additional Luas trams ordered and when will they be delivered? I also asked how many rail stations are not fully...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: I am asking about the €5 million that was allocated. I am not talking about from 2019.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: How many new buses will the €5 million that has been allocated deliver?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: Will the Minister confirm that the buses will be diesel only, given that they will be delivered before July 2019?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: That is regrettable because as a country we are leaving ourselves wide open to fines from the EU for failing to meet our targets for 2020. We do not have a hope in hell of meeting those targets.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: I hope the Minister will revert to me about the accessibility of various rail stations. I appreciate he does not have the information to hand today.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: I have a question about maritime administration. A report was produced on the Irish Coast Guard following the tragedy last year in which four people lost their lives. Will the additional funding be sufficient to ensure all the recommendations of that report will be implemented? Has the Minister set a timeline for the officials to ensure each of those recommendations is implemented?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: Has the Minister set a timeline?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: I do not want to abuse the position of Chair but the Minister needs to set a clear timeline for their implementation.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: Is the supplementary budget that has been allocated sufficient to ensure they are implemented?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: I apologise, I have made a mistake. There is no additional money and no supplementary funding under this subhead for the implementation of the report.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: There was no need for supplementary resources.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Robert Troy: There is, however, no need for supplementary resources for the implementation of the report.