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- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: When?
- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Will the Minister answer the question on reckless trading?
- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: The Minister can talk down the clock without answering the question.
- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of engagement he has had with the management of Bus Éireann in relation to their restructuring plan. [14447/17]
- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: The financial challenges facing Bus Éireann have been known to the Minister and his predecessor for in excess of 16 months, going back to January 2016. We are now told that we face insolvency in Bus Éireann within a matter of weeks. What level of engagement has the Minister had with the board and management of Bus Éireann in the past number of weeks on the proposed...
- Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Has the Minister seen the plan the board is discussing today and which it intends to implement unilaterally from next week? Previously, the Minister said he was a party and had a number of drafts referred to him, but has he seen the proposed plan the board wishes to implement in the next number of days? Has he been consulted on the implementation of that plan without the agreement of the...
- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: The reply is similar to one given to a previous question, that the Minister expects to be in a position to do something in the coming weeks. Will the Minister clarify when is "the coming weeks" and has he a timeline set for when it will be completed? Who are the key stakeholders which have been engaged with? Have members of the residential community in the area been consulted? The...
- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
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- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: This legislation and statutory instrument is long overdue. The Minister has promised it for a number of months. Perhaps he could be more definite on when it will be implemented.
- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: I was merely referring to an article in the Sunday newspapers resulting from a freedom of information request that stated the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, was present. It seems somewhat coincidental that the Minister met the group advocating a private terminal at Dublin Airport and two months later, announces he is going out tender to seek expressions of interest. Perhaps it is...
- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he completed the statutory instrument giving authority to the Irish Aviation Authority for the control of noise levels at Dublin Airport; the consultation he had when preparing this; and when he will publish the statutory instrument. [14446/17]
- Priority Questions: Aviation Industry Regulations (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Before beginning I ask for the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's forbearance so we can express our sympathies to the family of the late Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, who tragically lost her life on Rescue 116 last week. We think of the families of the remaining crew, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winch man Ciarán Smith. It is fair to say that across all political divides, our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: I welcome our guests and thank them for taking the time to come here today. We suggested that the committee have several sessions on road safety because, unfortunately, in the past 12 months there has been a reversal of the positive trend in road fatalities. It is very important that the stakeholders come in and give us worthwhile suggestions on what we as a committee can do to feed into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Does the person physically have to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: It is counterproductive in that case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: The person is taking up the phone and replying. Could Mr. Farrell respond to my questions, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: How quickly could this be rolled out on a pilot basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Mr. Farrell says there is already an app and certain insurance companies are working with Mr. Farrell or some provider of an app that monitors driver behaviour which is reported back to the insurance company.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: It is being done at the moment, albeit in a very limited way. Mr. Farrell is trying to have it rolled out-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Robert Troy: Before it is rolled out, everybody would have to take a course for a few hours at a designated location.