Results 6,661-6,680 of 15,836 for speaker:Robert Troy

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: Can the Minister answer that question? He cannot because he does not know.

Priority Questions: Road Safety Strategy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister has been around for 30 years.

Priority Questions: Road Safety Strategy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: They are less than what they were 12 months ago.

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reverse cuts to the cycling budget over the past two years; his further plans to publish a statutory instrument to enact a minimum passing distance; and if the national greenway strategy will be published. [25612/18]

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: It is National Bike Week and I ask the Minister to give a commitment to reverse the cuts to the cycling infrastructure budget he has implemented over the past two years, to outline a definitive timeframe as to when he will publish the statutory instrument to enact the minimum passing distance, and to give a clear timeframe as to when the national greenway strategy will be published.

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister's commitment to cycling over the past number of years has been questionable. According to a reply to another of my parliamentary questions, funding in 2015 was just shy of €19 million while last year it was just shy of €17 million, a reduction of approximately €11 million at a time Cycling Ireland membership increased by 720% and, according to Central...

Priority Questions: Cycling Facilities Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: I welcome the fact that the Minister acknowledges that but now that he is a convert, will he get on and do his job? He should not mind the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. He should look after his own Department. He has responsibility to ensure that this statutory instrument is published without delay. If he spent more time focusing on his own area of responsibility, it might...

Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: Could the Minister confirm that the industrial relations difficulties in regard to the ten-minute DART service have been resolved? Over the past four years, only 20 new additional buses have been provided on average per annum. That represents a 2% increase at a time when there is double-digit growth. Dublin Bus still has 70 buses that are older than 12 years. They should not be in...

Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address overcrowding on the public transport system, most particularly in cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/18]

Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: What steps has the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport taken to address the chronic overcrowding on our public transport system, particularly in our cities, our larger urban areas and on the commuter routes into the larger cities?

Priority Questions: Public Transport Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister said he wants more people to use public transport. If he is serious about encouraging that modal shift, he needs to provide reliable, efficient and punctual public services. I acknowledge that there was a positive announcement this morning in respect of BusConnects but that will be a ten-year project. If one talks to any commuters who currently use bus or rail services, they...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase visitor numbers from China and Hong Kong in view of the new direct air links from Hong Kong and Beijing. [25406/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of commitments to increase the frequency of the DART through the Phoenix Park tunnel to every ten minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of bus routes that are privatised will not be increased in excess of the current 10%. [25403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cuts to the cycling budget over the past two years will be revised; if a statutory instrument for placing a minimum passing distance on a legislative basis will be published; and if he will publish the national greenway strategy. [25404/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Gender Equality (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure equality between men and women in sport in view of the fact no woman appeared on the recently published report on 100 top sport earners. [25405/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24627/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a request for permission by Longford Westmeath ETB to use its resources to acquire two acres from Longford County Council to facilitate future expansion of a school (details supplied). [24628/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines that have been applied to persons driving without insurance in each of the years 2013 to 2017, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25019/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance Data (12 Jun 2018)

Robert Troy: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized for driving without insurance in each of the years 2013 to 2017, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25021/18]