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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: 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.
- 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 next subhead is D5, which relates to sport.
- 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 agree with what Deputy Coppinger said. It looks quite poor that we are only giving €150,000 in additional funding to Women in Sport, but I am conscious that it is a Supplementary Estimate. What does this bring the actual 2018 figure to? What percentage of the overall sports expenditure is geared to women in sport? I would hate the perception to go out from this committee that...
- 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 was asking to what figure does it brings the total expenditure on women in sport for this year and what that expenditure represents as a percentage of the overall budget. I imagine that would be well known.
- 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 concur with Deputy Coppinger. The amount of funding being spent on the Irish Open as opposed to on Paralympics Ireland, anti-doping measures and the Women in Sport programme can be perceived badly. That is why I was using the example of the percentage of this year's overall expenditure being spent by the Department on the latter programme. This is IAA funding. As the Minister...
- 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 interested in knowing how much money we are spending on the Women in Sport. programme As a percentage of the overall budget, how much money are we spending on the programme?